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. Both stones are placed at the southern side of the road next——to the "brook at Korpbro." It is 1.48 m tall and "1."36 m wide. The style is tentatively categorized as Pr3. It is unusual. Because it was raised in memory of a woman.
Inscription※
stain
Stæinn
:
lit
let
×
raisa
ræisa
stain
stæin
×
þ...
þ※(?)
×
esiþi
Æshæiði,
×
frinkunu
frændkunu
×
sina
sina.
×
kristr
Kristr
:
liti
letti
:
anta
anda
+
...(a)ʀ
※aʀ(?),
:
kunuʀ
kunuʀ
koþraʀ
goðraʀ.
k-...-...--
...
·
※(u)k
ok
:
fiþr
Fiðr
※
þiʀ
þæiʀ
+
ristu
ristu
×
ru
runaʀ.
stain : lit × raisa stain × þ... ... × esiþi × frinkunu × sina × kristr : liti : anta + ...(a)ʀ : kunuʀ koþraʀ k-...-...-- · ※(u)k : fiþr ※ þiʀ + ristu × ru
Stæinn {} let {} ræisa stæin {} þ※(?) {} Æshæiði, {} frændkunu {} sina. {} Kristr {} letti {} anda {} ※aʀ(?), {} kunuʀ goðraʀ. ... {} ok {} Fiðr {} þæiʀ {} ristu {} 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."
Notes※
- ^ 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. ※