- Hagby Runestones
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In 1929/30, they were discovered in the walls of the basement of the farm Litzby, which stood a few hundred metres from Hagby, but which burnt down in the 1880s. The runestones were burnt and fragmented but it was possible to piece 120 fragments together into the four runestones that are found on the courtyard of Hagby today.
There are additional runestones on the property of Hagby, and notably U 143, which is treated in the article
Uppland Rune Inscriptions 101, 143 and 147 , and U 148, which is treated in the articleJarlabanke Runestones .U 152
This runestone is raised by a lady named Holmfríðr who had lost both her husband Björn and their son Sighvatr.
Transliteration
× hulmfriR × -it --isa × istain × þina × iftiR × biarn × buanta isin × auk × iftiR × isikat (s)un isin ×
Transcription into
Old Norse Holmfriðr [l] et [ræ] isa stæin þenna æftiR Biorn, boanda sinn, ok æftiR Sighvat, sun sinn.
Translation in English
Holmfríðr had this stone raised in memory of Bjôrn, her husbandman and in memory of Sighvatr, her son.
U 153
This runestone is raised by the same Sveinn and Ulfr as on the U 155, below, which is is probably the other runestone mentioned in the inscription. They had them made in memory of their brothers Halfdan and Gunnarr who died somewhere in the East, as Varangians.
Transliteration
... [(u)] (a)i- × [(a)] uk × ulf- litu × raisa × stai-(a) × e(f)tiR × hlftan * auk * eftiR × kunar × bryþr × sina × þaiR * antaþus × aust... ...(u)m
Transcription into Old Norse
[S] væi [nn] ok Ulf [R] letu ræisa stæi [n] a æftiR Halfdan ok æftiR Gunnar, brøðr sina. ÞæiR ændaðus aust [r] ...
Translation in English
Sveinn and Ulfr had the stones raised in memory of Halfdan and in memory of Gunnarr, their brothers. They met their end in the east ...
U 154
This runestone is also raised in memory of Varangians who died somewhere in the east, but these are different people from those in the previous runestone and in the following one.
Transliteration
[þ(o)] ...r × lit × rai... ... ...fast * auk × at × (k)aiRbiarn × bruþ- ... ...i(R) * (t)o a(u)s... ×
Transcription into Old Norse
... let ræi [sa] ... ...fast ok at GæiRbiorn, brøð [r] ... [þæ] iR dou aus [tr] .
Translation in English
... had raised ... ...-fastr and in memory of Geirbjôrn, (their) brothers ... They died in the east.
U 155
This runestone is raised by the same Sveinn and Ulfr as U 153, above. This stone adds the names of Örn and Ragnfríðr, the parents of the four brothers.
Transliteration
...n × auk × ulfr litu × rai(s)(a) sta... ... ... ...na × þaiR × uaru × suniR × arnar × auk × raknfriþar ×
Transcription into Old Norse
[Svæi] nn ok UlfR letu ræisa stæ [ina æftiR brøðr si] na. ÞæiR vaRu syniR ArnaR ok RagnfriðaR.
Translation in English
Sveinn and Ulfr had the stones raised in memory of their brothers. They were the sons of Ôrn and Ragnfríðr.
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Rundata
*The article " [http://www.hembygd.se/index.asp?DocID=3005 Hagby gård] " on the site of the local heritage society ofTäby , retrieved June 27, 2007.
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