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

Map showing where the runestone M 4 is

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