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Namn och bygd 2024 – Tidskrift för nordisk namnforskning

Eva Nyman (ed.), Staffan Nyström (ed.), Inge Særheim (ed.)
Series Namn och bygd, 112

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  • Published 2025
  • Issn 0077-2704
  • Namn och bygd, 112
  • Type Paperback
  • 139 pages
  • Swedish

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Bland fårskallar och fjös - Till tolkningen av labus på U 751 Viggeby

Henrik Williams

Source system: Publicera | Published 2025-02-03 | Pages 77-85

Abstract

The rune stone U 751, undoubtedly carved by Balli, was erected by three men for their father. The name of the second commemorator is labus. No interpretation has been suggested, reading the name as it is written. This article discusses three possible interpretations, the first two (*Lambhauss and *Lambhǫss) would not be consistent with the writing habits of Balli. The third alternative, Lambhūss (cf. Old Icelandic lambhús ‘byre; sheep shed’), fits runologically and is onomastically also possible.

Keywords

runic inscriptions; Viking Age; personal names; Viggeby; U 751; Balli; Movierung

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