Södermanland runic inscription 139

Sö 139 is a Viking Age runestone in granite inscribed in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is located 3.5 m east-north-east of Sö 140 along the road between Lid and Aspa in Ludgo parish, in Nyköping Municipality, in Södermanland.^[1] Both stones are placed at the southern side of the road next to the brook at Korpbro.^[2] It is 1.48 m tall and 1.36 m wide.^[3] The style is tentatively categorized as Pr3.^[1] It is unusual because it was raised in memory of a woman.

Inscription

stain

Stæinn

:

lit

let

×

raisa

ræisa

stain

stæin

×

þ...

þ[annsi

...

at](?)

×

esiþi

Æshæiði,

×

frinkunu

frændkunu

×

sina

sina.

×

kristr

Kristr

:

liti

letti

:

anta

anda

+

...(a)ʀ

[henn]aʀ(?),

:

kunuʀ

koþraʀ

goðraʀ.

k-...-...--

...

·

[a](u)k

ok

:

fiþr

Fiðr

[·]

þiʀ

þæiʀ

+

ristu

×

ru

runaʀ.

"Steinn had this stone raised in memory of(?) Ásheiðr, his kinswoman. May Christ relieve her spirit, the good wife. ... and Finnr, they carved the runes." ^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
^ Wessén, Brate 1924-1936, p. 105.
^ Wessén, Brate 1924-1936, p. 106.

Sources

Scandinavian Runic-text Database, Sö 139
Elias Wessén, Erik Brate. Sveriges runinskrifter. Bd 3, Södermanlands runinskrifter. 1924–1936. Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien. Stockholm. [1]

[Rundata-1] Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.

[Brate105-2] Wessén, Brate 1924-1936, p. 105.

[Brate106-3] Wessén, Brate 1924-1936, p. 106.

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