The Ladbrostenen

The Ladbrostenen, with signum U 114, is a rune block in Nedre Runby and Eds parish in Upplands Väsby kommun. The block lies approximately 300 meters north of Upplands Väsbys järnvägsstation.

The rune block is a glacial erratic located along Åvägen and near Väsbyån in the northern part of Runby. It sits on a small promontory where the ground slopes down toward the river to the east, about 25 meters from the water. During the Viking age, when the water level was about five meters higher, a waterway passed here between Edssjön and Oxundasjön, which in the south had a connection to the Baltic Sea. The "ladbro" mentioned in the text was likely a quay or wharf, revealing the central importance of the site along the waterway. The block is inscribed with two carvings on two different sides, which together have the following meaning:

Translitterering av runinskriften:

§A ikriþ ' l[i]t · laþbo · kiara ' auk · stain · haku[a eftir] ikim[a]r (b)(o)[ta s]in · auk · eftar · tan · auk · eftir · baka · suni · sina §B ' þaiʀ byku ' i rynby ' auk ' bo atu ' [kr]istr · ialbi ' s(a)(l)(u) · þai[r- ·] (þ)it skal ' at minum · mana ' miþan · min li[fa]

Normalisering till runsvenska:

§A Ingrið let laðbro gæra ok stæin haggva æftiʀ Ingimar, bonda sinn, ok æftiʀ Dan ok æftiʀ Banka/Bagga, syni sina. §B Þæiʀ byggu i ʀunby ok bo attu. Kristr hialpi salu þæiʀ[a]. Þæt skal at minnum manna, meðan mænn lifa.

Översättning till nusvenska:

Ingrid lät göra ladbron och hugga stenen efter Ingemar, sin man, och efter Dan och efter Banke, sina söner. De bodde i Runby och ägde där gård. Krist hjälpe deras själ. Detta skall vara till minne av männen, så länge människor leva.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons