Rune rock Gerlögs runa, U29, L2017:9831, Hilleshög 41:1 in Ekerö, Stockholm
Photo of Rune rock Gerlögs runa, U29, L2017:9831
Photo of Rune rock Gerlögs runa, U29, L2017:9831
Rune inscription
Below is the English translation of this rune inscription according to The Scandinavian Runic-text Database:

Interpret! Geirmundr got Geirlaug (to wife) in her maidenhood. Then they got a son, before he (= Geirmundr) drowned. And then the son died. Then she got Guðríkr. He ... this. Then they got children. And one maid lived; she was called Inga. Ragnfastr of Snotastaðir got her (to wife). Then he died, and thereafter the son. And the mother came to inherit from her son. Then she got Eiríkr. Then she died. Then Geirlaug came to inherit from Inga, her daughter. Þorbjôrn Skald carved the runes.

Show original interpretation and rune text

raþ| |þu kaiRmuntr -ik · kaiR[l]a[uk ·] (m)aytumi| |i þa · finku · þau sun · aþ han · truknaþi · in sun to : siþan : þa + fi(k) (h)(u)- --þrik · ha- ... (þ)(i)nsa · þa · finku þa(u) [bar](n) ... (i)(n) maR ain lifþi · [hu]n hit ' ...g[a] ' h(a)... fik raknfastr · i · snutastaþum · þa uarþ han tauþr · auk · sun · siþan · in · moþir kuam + at sunar ' arfi ' þa ' fik hun ' airik ' þar ' uarþ hun tauþ ' þar kuam ' gaiRlauk at arfi ' inku tutur sinar þurbiur(n) ' skalt ' risti runar

raþ| |þu kaiRmuntr -ik · kaiR[l]a[uk ·] (m)aytumi| |i þa · finku · þau sun · aþ han · truknaþi · in sun to : siþan : þa + fi(k) (h)(u)- --þrik · ha- ... (þ)(i)nsa · þa · finku þa(u) [bar](n) ... (i)(n) maR ain lifþi · [hu]n hit ' ...g[a] ' h(a)... fik raknfastr · i · snutastaþum · þa uarþ han tauþr · auk · sun · siþan · in · moþir kuam + at sunar ' arfi ' þa ' fik hun ' airik ' þar ' uarþ hun tauþ ' þar kuam ' gaiRlauk at arfi ' inku tutur sinar þurbiur(n) ' skalt ' risti runar

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Geographic location of this rune inscription
The rune inscription is located in Hilleshög parish in the Ekerö municipality (Stockholm county).
The GPS position may not be entirely accurate. It can differ up to a few tens of meters.
Facts about this rune inscription
Description Content
Latitude: 59.388085
Longitude: 17.704881
Remnant ID: L2017:9831
Swedish National Heritage Board ID: Hilleshög 41:1
Swedish rune inscription ID: U29 (Upplands runinskrifter)
Object: Rune rock
Material:
Rune carver: Torbjörn skald (S)
Antiquarian assessment: Ancient monument
Period: Viking Age
Dating:
Current status: Confirmed on location
Damage status: Damage
Name: Gerlögs runa
County: Stockholm
Municipality: Ekerö
Parish: Hilleshög
Swedish National Heritage Board information: » L2017:9831