Lingsberg Runestones
Because the receipt of the Danegeld (tax) indicates likely service with the Scandinavian troops in the Thingmen from 1018 to 1066, the runestones are dated to the second quarter of the 11th century.
The area was much more marshy in the past and difficult to traverse until the water level in a local lake, Angarn, in Angarnsjöängen Nature Reserve was lowered in the 19th century.
The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks.
[4] tanDanrDanaukokokhus(k)arlHúskarlHuskarl+ aukokoksuainSveinnSvæinn+ aukokokhulmfriþrHolmfríðr,Holmfriðr,× þaunþauþaun(m)(i)(þ)kinmœðginmøðginlitulétuleturitaréttarettastinsteinstæinþinoþennaþenna× aftiʀeptiræftiʀhalftanHalfdan,Halfdan,+ fa(þ)urfǫðurfaðurþaiʀaþeiraþæiʀatansDans,Dans,' aukokokhum(f)riþrHolmfríðrHolmfriðratatatbuantabóndaboandasinsinn.sinn.tan auk hus(k)arl + auk suain + auk hulmfriþr × þaun (m)(i)(þ)kin litu rita stin þino × aftiʀ halftan + fa(þ)ur þaiʀa tans ' auk hum(f)riþr at buanta sinDanr ok Húskarl {} ok Sveinn {} ok Holmfríðr, {} þau mœðgin létu rétta stein þenna {} eptir Halfdan, {} fǫður þeira Dans, {} ok Holmfríðr at bónda sinn.Dan ok Huskarl {} ok Svæinn {} ok Holmfriðr, {} þaun møðgin letu retta stæin þenna {} æftiʀ Halfdan, {} faður þæiʀa Dans, {} ok Holmfriðr at boanda sinn.Danr and Húskarl and Sveinn and Holmfríðr, the mother and (her) sons, had this stone erected in memory of Halfdan, the father of Danr and his brothers; and Holmfríðr in memory of her husbandman.
[4] The runic text mentions Húskarl and Sveinn like U 241, except for Holmfríðr, and it adds Halfdan's father Ulfríkr, who had taken two danegelds in England.
The Norse word salu for soul in the prayer at the end of the inscription was imported from English and was first recorded during the tenth century.
honHannHannhafþihafðihafðio|áa|onklantiEnglandiÆnglandituhtvautukialt|gjaldgiald|takittekit.takit.+ kuþGuðGuðhialbihjalpihialpiþiʀaþeiraþæiʀakiþkafeðgafæðgasalu|sálusalu|uk|okok|kuþsGuðsGuðsmuþ(i)móðir.moðiʀ.n tan auk huskarl ' auk sua(i)n ' l(i)tu rita stin aftiʀ ' ulfrik ' faþurfaþur sino ' hon hafþi o| |onklanti tuh kialt| |takit + kuþ hialbi þiʀa kiþka salu| |uk| |kuþs muþ(i)En Danr ok Húskarl {} ok Sveinn {} létu rétta stein eptir {} Ulfrík, {} fǫðurfǫður sinn.
