Uppland Runic Inscription 954
The Uppland Runic Inscription 954 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It was found by Johannes Bureus, but it has disappeared.[1] It was located near Danmark Church in Uppsala Municipality.[2] The style is possibly Pr1.[2]
Inscription
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
- [× þʀu : aʀrukr : fretr : ri--u : s... ...-r : helka : bruþr : sin : en : sasur : trab : han : ouk : kaþ · niþiks:uerk : seik : felka : sin : kuþ : helb : hut : has ×][2]
Old Norse transcription:
- Þau(?) Øyrikʀ(?)/Au(ð)rikʀ(?) frændr ræi[st]u s[tæin æfti]ʀ Hælga, broður sinn. En Sassurr drap hann ok gærði niðingsverk, svæik felaga sinn. Guð hialp and hans.[2]
English translation:
- "Eyríkr(?)/Auðríkr(?) and his kinsmen, they raised the stone in memory of Helgi, their brother. And Sassurr killed him and made (= did) a villainous deed, betrayed his partner. God help his spirit."[2]
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