Ingvar expedition
The Ingvar expedition (Swedish: Ingvarståget) is the Swedish
Anund Jakob.[5]
One of the most famous of the Ingvar runestones is the Gripsholm Runestone (Sö 179). Its inscription tells that it was raised in honour of Ingvar’s brother Haraldr who had died in Serkland.[6]
Its runic inscription reads as follows:
Latin transliteration:
- × tula : lit : raisa : stain : þinsa| |at : sun : sin : haralt : bruþur : inkuars : þaiʀ furu : trikila : fiari : at : kuli : auk : a:ustarla| |ar:ni : kafu : tuu : sunar:la : a sirk:lan:ti
Runic Swedish transcription:
- Tōla lēt ræisa stæin þennsa at sun sinn Harald, brōður Ingvars.
- Þæiʀ fōru drængila
- fiarri at gulli
- ok austarla
- ærni gāfu,
- dōu sunnarla
- ą̄ Særklandi.
English translation:
- "Tóla had this stone raised in memory of her son Haraldr, Ingvar's brother. They travelled manfully far for gold, and in the east gave (food) to the eagle. (They) died in the south in Serkland."
References
- ISBN 9174869086.
- ISBN 0-415-08396-6
- ISBN 978-91-981859-6-6
- ISBN 978-91-637-5724-2.
- ISBN 9174869086.
- ^ Gripsholm Archived 2011-02-03 at the Wayback Machine on the site of the Swedish National Heritage Board, retrieved February 28, 2023.
Further reading
- Fischer, Svante (1999). Ingvarsstenarna i tid och rum. Uppsala University.
- Pritsak, Omeljan. (1981). The Origin of Rus'. Cambridge, Mass.: Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. ISBN 0-674-64465-4
- Tunstall, Peter (2005). The Saga of Yngvar the Traveller.
External links
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