Rune-stone Högbystenen, Ög81, L2012:9874 in Högby parish, Mjölby municipality

Photo: Jocke Drage

Runic inscription

§A · þukir · resþi · stin · þansi · eftiR · asur · sen · muþur·bruþur · sin · iaR · eataþis · austr · i · krikum · §B · kuþr · karl · kuli · kat · fim · syni · feal · o · furi · frukn · treks · asmutr · aitaþis · asur · austr · i krikum · uarþ · o hulmi · halftan · tribin · kari · uarþ · at uti · ¶ auk · tauþr · bui · þurkil · rist · runaR ·

Inscription

Translation

§A Þorgerðr(?) raised this stone in memory of Ôzurr, her / Ôzurr Seinn, her mother's brother. He met his end in the east in Greece. §B The good man Gulli got five sons. The brave valiant man Ásmundr fell at Fœri; Ôzurr met his end in the east in Greece; Halfdan was killed at Holmr (Bornholm?); Kári was (killed) at Oddr(?); also dead (is) Búi. Þorkell carved the runes.

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Rune-stone Högbystenen, Ög81, L2012:9874 in Högby parish, Mjölby municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L2012:9874
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Högby 10:2
Carver	Torkel (S)
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Granite
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Undamaged
County	Östergötland
Municipality	Mjölby
Parish	Högby
Coordinates	58.3604895, 15.0997335

Sources

Most of the factual information in Runkartan comes from the Swedish National Heritage Board’s Fornsök data and from the Scandinavian Runic Text Database. The maps come from OpenStreetMap and Leaflet.js. The photographs were taken by the credited photographers.