Day 8 - North of Sweden
M 4 - Attmar
Jul 13, 2021
Attmar, Medelpad, Sweden
This is the northernmost runestone that may be about the trip to Serkland by Ingvar.
It stands outside the church in Attmar, to the west of the town Sundsvall. It was found in 1810, and the designation is M 4.
Since it’s only a fragment, parts of the inscription is missing.
Inscription
...ᚢᚴᛁ ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᛁ ᛋᛏ... ... ᚠᚢᚱ ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱᛅ ᛘᛁᛦ ᛁᛁ...ᚱᛁ ᛁᛅᛁᛋᛁᚾᛋᛁᛚᛏᛅᛁᚴᛅᚾ-... ...ᚾᛅᚦᚢ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᚦᛁᚾᛅ
Latin transliteration
…uki raisti st… … f(u)r austr · miʀ i(i)…ri (i)aisinsiltaikan-… …i · stain þin
Old norse transcription
[T]óki/[Full]ugi/[Ill]ugi reisti st[ein] … fór austr meðr Ing[va]ri(?) … … stein þenna.
Translation
“Tóki/Fullugi/Illugi raised the stone … travelled to the east with Ingvar … marked this stone.”
Location
Photos
References
- Scandinavian Runic-text Database latest, “Runic inscription M 4 ”, Department of Scandinavian Languages, Uppsala University.