Uppland Runic Inscription 755

Uppland Runic Inscription 755

Runefacts|name=Uppland Runic Inscription 755
rundataid=U 755
country=Sweden
region=Uppland
city=Kälsta
produced=11th Century
artist=unknown
text_native=Old Norse :

Liðsma [ndr] (?) ok Toki ræistu stæin þenna æftiR Agaut. Byggi i Kælsstaðum. |text_english=

Lidhsmaðr(?) and Tóki raised this stone in memory of Ágautr (who) lived in Kelsstaðir.|picture=|

Richard Dybeck documented this stone in 1860: "The runestone stands between Litslena and Herkeberga Church, so close to the edge of the road by Kalstad - part of the lower inscription has been damaged".

The cross on the stone shows that Ágautr was a christian. The name Ágautr doesnot appear in any other material (either other rune inscriptions or middle age sources).Lidhsmadhr is also an unusual name, there is however a mention on another stone innearby Simtuna with this name - possible could reference the same person.


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