Småland Runic Inscription 99
This runic inscription, designated as Sm 99 in the Rundata catalog, is on a Viking Age memorial runestone located in Nederby, which is about two kilometers northwest of Myresjö, Jönköping County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Småland.
Description
The inscription on this granite
Nearby to Sm 99 on the other side of the stream is a second runestone, Sm 100 in Glömsjö, which also discusses the building of a bridge as a memorial. It is unclear if the two stones refer to the same bridge or if two families cooperated in its construction.The runic text states that two sons named Þórðr and Þorbjôrn built the bridge and raised the stone as a memorial to their father Verskulfr. Of the personal names mentioned in the text, two contain the
Norse pagan god Thor as a theophoric name element. The name Þorbjôrn translates as "Thor Bear,"[2] and Þórðr is a shortened form of Þór-röðr, a common male name form based upon the god's name.[3]
Inscription
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
- : þurþʀ * auk * þurbiourn * karþu [b](r)(u) [þas]i [ef]tiʀ : uersku(l)f * faþur * sin[4]
Transcription into Old Norse
- Þórðr ok Þorbjôrn gerðu brú þessa eptir Verskulf, fôður sinn.[4]
Translation in English
- Þórðr and Þorbjôrn made this bridge in memory of Verskulfr, their father.[4]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 1-903153-11-5. pp. 490-492.
- ^ Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1884). History of Christian Names. London: MacMillan & Company. pp. cxxx.
- ^ Cleasby, Richard; Vigfússon, Guðbrandur (1878). An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. p. 743.
- ^ a b c Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for Sm 99.