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.[1] Both stones are placed at the southern side of the road next to the brook at Korpbro.[2] It is 1.48 m tall and 1.36 m wide.[3] The style is tentatively categorized as Pr3.[1] It is unusual because it was raised in memory of a woman.

Sö 139
Sö 139 next to Sö 140

Inscription

Transliteration
stain : lit × raisa stain × þ... ... × esiþi × frinkunu × sina × kristr : liti : anta + ...(a)ʀ : kunuʀ koþraʀ k-...-...-- · [a](u)k : fiþr [·] þiʀ + ristu × ru[1]

Transcription
Stæinn let ræisa stæin þ[annsi at](?) Æshæiði, frændkunu sina. Kristr letti anda [henn]aʀ(?), kunuʀ goðraʀ. ... ok Fiðr þæiʀ ristu runaʀ.[1]

Translation
"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."[1]

Notes
  1. Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
  2. Wessén, Brate 1924-1936, p. 105.
  3. Wessén, Brate 1924-1936, p. 106.

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