Rune-stone DR279, L1988:6269 in Sjörup parish, Ystad municipality

Photo: Thomas Larsson

Runic inscription

[+ sa]ksi : sati : st[in] : þasi : huftiR : o[s]biurn : (s)in : fil(a)go ' ¶ (t)u-a[s : sun :] ¶ saR : flu : aki : a[t :] ub:sal(u)m : an : ua : maþ : an : u¶abn : a(f)þi '

Inscription

[+ sa]ksi : sati : st[in] : þasi : huftiR : o[s]biurn : (s)in : fil(a)go ' ¶ (t)u-a[s : sun :] ¶ saR : flu : aki : a[t :] ub:sal(u)m : an : ua : maþ : an : u¶abn : a(f)þi '

Translation

Saxi placed this stone in memory of Ásbjôrn Tófi's/Tóki's son, his partner. He did not flee at Uppsala, but slaughtered as long as he had a weapon.

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Rune-stone DR279, L1988:6269 in Sjörup parish, Ystad municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1988:6269
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Sjörup 3:2
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Granite
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Damage
County	Skåne
Municipality	Ystad
Parish	Sjörup
Coordinates	55.4412255, 13.6354065

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.