Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1976 107

Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1976;107
Rundata ID	U Fv1976;107
Country	Sweden
Region	Uppland
City/Village	Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala
Produced	eleventh century
Runemaster	Öpir
Text – Native
	Old Norse : ...[bj]ǫrn(?) ok Brandr létu reisa stein at Kǫrlung, fǫður sinn, en Ketilbjǫrn at bróður. Œpir risti rúnar. [1]
Text – English
	...-bjǫrn and Brandr had the stone raised in memory of Karlungr, their father; and Ketilbjǫrn in memory of (his) brother. Œpir carved the runes. [1]
Other resources
	Runestones – Runic alphabet ; Runology – Runestone styles

Last updated April 02, 2019

This runic inscription, designated as U Fv1976;107 under the Rundata catalog, is located at the Uppsala Cathedral in Uppsala, Sweden.

The Scandinavian Runic-text Data Base is a project involving the creation and maintenance of a database of runic inscriptions. The project's goal is to comprehensively catalog runestones in a machine-readable way for future research. The database is freely available via the Internet with a client program, called Rundata, for Microsoft Windows and ASCII text files for other operating systems.

Uppsala Cathedral is a cathedral located between the Uppsala University Main Building and the River Fyris in the centre of Uppsala, Sweden. A church of the Lutheran Church of Sweden, Uppsala Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, the primate of Sweden.

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Description

The runic inscription consists of text inscribed on a thin intertwined beast with one upper loop around a Christian cross and two lower loops. This runestone was discovered in 1975 being used as building material at the southern buttress of the Vasa burial chapel during renovations at the Uppsala Cathedral.^[2] Many runestones have been reused in building, road, and bridge construction before their historical importance was recognized. The runic inscription was carved by the runemaster Öpir, whose signature is at the bottom of the inscription in a horizontal text band. Öpir was active in the Uppland region during the late eleventh or early twelfth centuries. The inscription is classified as being in runestone style Pr4, which is also known as the Urnes style. This runestone style is characterized by slim and stylized animals that are interwoven into tight patterns. The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks.

The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus, is the best-known symbol of Christianity. It is related to the crucifix and to the more general family of cross symbols, the term cross itself being detached from the original specifically Christian meaning in modern English.

A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones date from the late Viking Age. Most runestones are located in Scandinavia, but there are also scattered runestones in locations that were visited by Norsemen during the Viking Age. Runestones are often memorials to dead men. Runestones were usually brightly coloured when erected, though this is no longer evident as the colour has worn off. Most Runestones are found in present day Sweden.

A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing.

The runic text is missing a pronoun, the word "his" before "brother." Öpir is known to have left off possessive pronouns in some of his other inscricriptions, such as that on U 993 in Brunnby.^[2] Additionally, he left off the final "ʀ" in rúnaʀ, or "runes," which he also did on inscriptions such as that on U 181 in Össeby-Garn.^[2]

Uppland Runic Inscription 993 or U 993 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone located in Brunnby, which is one kilometer west of Gunsta, Uppsala County, Sweden, which was part of the historical province of Uppland.

Uppland Runic Inscription 181 or U 181 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone located at Össeby-Garn, which is about one kilometer east of Karby, Uppsala County, Sweden.

Of the personal names listed in the runic inscription, Ketilbjôrn means "Kettle Bear" and Karlungr, originally used as a nickname, means "Young Man."^[3]

A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place, or thing - commonly used for affection.

The Rundata designation for this Uppland inscription, U Fv1976;107, refers to the year and page number of the issue of Fornvännen in which the runestone was first described.

Inscription

A transliteration of the runic inscription into roman letters is:

...-arn * uk * brantr litu * risa * stin * at * karluk * faþur * sin in * kitilbiarn at * broþur ybir risti run^[1]

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References

1 2 3 Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for Fv1976 107.
1 2 3 Gustavson, Helmer (1976). "Runfynd 1975" (PDF). Fornvännen . Swedish National Heritage Board. 71: 96–109. ISSN 1404-9430 . Retrieved 2010-01-10. p. 106–108.
↑ Cleasby, Richard; Vigfússon, Guðbrandur (1878). An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. pp. 331, 337.

External links

Riksantikvarieämbetet - photograph of inscription

Coordinates: 59°51′29″N17°38′06″E / 59.85806°N 17.63500°E / 59.85806; 17.63500

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[Rundata-1] 1 2 3 Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for Fv1976 107.

[Gustavson-2] 1 2 3 Gustavson, Helmer (1976). "Runfynd 1975" (PDF). Fornvännen . Swedish National Heritage Board. 71: 96–109. ISSN 1404-9430 . Retrieved 2010-01-10. p. 106–108.

[3] Cleasby, Richard; Vigfússon, Guðbrandur (1878). An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. pp. 331, 337.