Björklinge runestones
In addition, there is a small fragment of a runestone with a partial runic text i * lit * rita * meaning "had erected" that has been given the catalog number U 1049.
The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks.
' biarnaffþi ' lit ' hakua ' stain ' at ' biarnafþa ' faþur ' sin -ak-- ' s...- ' at '{} Biarnhofði {} let {} haggva {} stæin {} at {} Biarnhofða, {} faður {} sinn ... {} ... {}
It consists of runic text carved on an intertwined serpent with a Christian cross in the upper center of the design.
The runic text states that a bridge and the stone were raised as a memorial by a man to his brother named either Sædjarfr or Sigdjarfr.
[3] There are many examples of these bridge stones dated from the eleventh century, including runic inscriptions Sö 101 in Ramsund, U 489 in Morby, and U 617 in Bro.
[3] ...ikaiʀ...gæiʀʀlitletresaræisastenstæinaukok' keragæra' burobro' eftiʀæftiʀ' siiterfSædiarf/Sigdiarf,* buroþurbroður* sinsinn....ikaiʀ lit resa sten auk ' kera ' buro ' eftiʀ ' siiterf * buroþur * sin...gæiʀʀ let ræisa stæin ok {} gæra {} bro {} æftiʀ {} Sædiarf/Sigdiarf, {} broður {} sinn....-geirr had the stone raised and the bridge made in memory of Sædjarfr/Sigdjarfr, his brother.
[7] The runic text states that the stone was raised by a mother named Gillaug in memory of her son Jôrundr who died in Hedeby.
It has been suggested that, due to the assumed date of the inscription in the late eleventh or early twelfth century, that the actual city referred to may have been that of Schleswig.
[8] After being attacked several times, the people of Hedeby relocated to the other side of the Schlei at Schleswig around 1050. kilaukGillaug' litlet' hakuahaggva' atat' i(o)rutIorund,* sunsunsinsinn,' (t)odo' iihaiþabyHæiðaby.kilauk ' lit ' hakua ' at ' i(o)rut * sun sin ' (t)o ' i haiþabyGillaug {} let {} haggva {} at {} Iorund, {} sun sinn, {} do {} i Hæiðaby.Gillaug had (the stone) cut in memory of Jôrundr, her son.
