Rune-stone Turingestenen, Sö338, L2014:56 in Turinge parish, Nykvarn municipality

Photo: Melgert Rink

Runic inscription

§A · ketil : auk + biorn + þaiR + raistu + stain + þin[a] + at + þourstain : faþur + sin + anuntr + at + bruþur + sin + auk : hu[skar]laR + hifiR + iafna + ketilau at + buanta sin · ¶ bruþr uaRu þaR bistra mana : a : lanti auk : i liþi : uti : h(i)(l)(t)u sini huska(r)la : ui- + §B han + fial + i + urustu + austr + i + garþum + lis + furugi + lanmana + bestr

Inscription

Translation

§A Ketill and Bjôrn, they raised this stone in memory of Þorsteinn, their father; Ônundr in memory of his brother and the housecarls in memory of the just(?) (and) Ketiley in memory of her husbandman. These brothers were the best of men in the land and abroad in the retinue, held their housecarls well. §B He fell in battle in the east in Garðar (Russia), commander of the retinue, the best of landholders.

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Rune-stone Turingestenen, Sö338, L2014:56 in Turinge parish, Nykvarn municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L2014:56
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Turinge 417:1
Carver	Östen 1 (A)
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	In building or under water
Material	Sandstone
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Undamaged
County	Stockholm
Municipality	Nykvarn
Parish	Turinge
Coordinates	59.1960285, 17.441353

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.