Runestone from Transjö
The runestone from Transjö ( Sm 5) in the municipality of Alvesta in Kronobergs län in Småland in Sweden is a partially natural, slender rune stone . It stands on the edge of the field about 40 m north of the Dalbogården road in Transjö .
The runes are unusual in that the m rune is dotted and the k rune is turned to the left instead of the right. It is one of the stones in the (older) RAK style (980-1015 AD) and belongs to the 30 so-called England rune stones . RAK stones do not have a snake design, their rune ribbons end straight. Other examples are Karlevi and Rök .
The stone was erected in memory of a son named Ketill, who died in England and was described as óníðingr. Óníðingr, with the o-prefix, means the opposite of Old Norse pejorative níðingr and was used to describe a man as virtuous. It is used as a term in the inscriptions Sö 189 in Åkerby, Sm 37 in Rörbro, Sm 147 in Västra Ed and DR 68 or Århus 6 in Århus and appears as a name or part of the name in the inscriptions ÖG 77 in Hovgården, ÖG 217 in Oppeby, Sm 2 in Aringsås and Sm 131 in Hjortholmen. The texts on Sm 37 and Og 77 use the same term and DR 68 uses a variant of the phrase.
The text reads: Gautr placed this stone in memory of his son Ketill. He was the most virtuous person to lose his life in England .
literature
- Klaus Düwel : Runic lore. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2008. ISBN 978-3-476-14072-2 .
Web links
- Runestone from Transjö - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 56 ° 56 ′ 26.4 ″ N , 14 ° 30 ′ 0.2 ″ E