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. 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.

Sö 139

Sö 139 next to Sö 140

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

kunuʀ

koþraʀ

goðraʀ.

k-...-...--

...

·

 

[a](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-...-...-- · [a](u)k : fiþr [·] þiʀ + ristu × ru

Stæinn {} let {} ræisa stæin {} þ[annsi at](?) {} Æshæiði, {} frændkunu {} sina. {} Kristr {} letti {} anda {} [henn]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."

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]