Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

runestone

Hovgården runestone

Within the ruins of Hovgården is a runestone, Upplands 11:“Rað þu runaR. Rett let rista ToliR bryti i roði kunungi. ToliR ok Gylla letu ris[ta] …, þaun hion æftiR [si]k(?) mærki … Hakon bað rista.”“You read the runes! Right let cut them Tolir, bailiff in Roden, to the king. Tolir and Gylla let carve (these runes), this pair […]

Sundby runestone

Upplands 19: “Frösten reste denna sten efter Hadske sin fader”“Frösten raised this stone after Hadske, his father”

Bröta Grödinge socken

Sö 292“+ uihmar + (l)et + ra(i)– + saen + þina + at + iaruta + mah + auk + felha + sin + auk + buþur + ka…a +”“Vígmarr lét rei[sa] stein þenna at Jôrunda/Jôrund, mág ok félaga sinn ok bróður …”“Vígmarr had this stone raised in memory of Jôrundi/Jôrundr, his kinsman-by-marriage and partner […]

Nynäshamn runestone

Just outside the small harbour town of Nynäshamn, inconveniently located atop a bank by the main road to Stockholm, is an elaborate runestone.(amateur translation)“uikuir kiraistu stain iuk nunai skamunbanth rista stein stanta a auian uik firth ak raist a straintath haf a nuan thumakathuirfirt uauth thu runar”

Ekeby runestone

Sö 250: ”Gynna reste denna sten efter Saxe, Halvdans son.”“Gynna raised this stone after Saxe, Halvdans son”.

Hammersta runestone

Outside Hammersta slott are a couple of rune stones, one is a modern memorial stone in the style of the ancient stones.

Sigtuna rune stones

In the churchyard by the Medieval Abbey in Sigtuna is a rune stone and a couple of fragments built into a small building.