a word for "half" but it could also mean "troop." It only appears in one additional runestone, which is located at the church of Dagsberg in Östergötland (see Ög 145). The i-rune can represent both the i and the e phonemes, which means that the first name can be interpreted both as the woman's name Þorfríðr and the man's name Þorfreðr. It is consequently not known whether it was the mother or the father who raised the stone. Ásgautr was a common name which appears in about 30 runic inscriptions. Gauti (modern Göte) was, however, rare in the runic inscriptions of the Viking Age and the only additional runestone where it appears is on U 516 (although damaged or unclear inscriptions on runestones Sö 14, G 65, and Norway's N 331 also have words translated as the name Gauti). It is believed to mean an inhabitant of Götaland, i.e. a Geat. The personal name element Gaut appears, however, in not only this part of Scandinavia but also in Svealand and in Denmark. Latin transliteration: þurfriþ × risti × eftiʀ × askut × auk × kauta sunu × sina × stin × þasi × han × kuti × etaþis × i × ikuars × hilfniki × Runic Swedish transcription: Þorfrīðr/Þorfreðr ræisti æftiʀ Āsgaut ok Gauta, sunu sina, stæin þannsi. Hann Gauti ændaðis ī Ingvars hælfningi. English translation: "Þorfríðr/Þorfreðr raised this stone in memory of Ásgautr and Gauti, her/his sons. Gauti met his end in Ingvarr's troop." See also List of runestones Notes and references Sources Fischer, Svante (1999). Ingvarsstenarna i tid och rum. Gustavson, H. (1992). Runfynd 1989 och 1990, in Fornvännen Årgång 87. pp. 153–74. Larsson, Mats G. (1990). Ett Ödesdigert Vikingatåg. Ingvar den Vittfarnes resa 1036–1041 Pritsak, Omeljan. (1981). The Origin of Rus'. Cambridge, Mass.: Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Thunberg, Carl L. (2010). Ingvarståget och dess monument´. (Eng. "The Ingvar Expedition and its Monuments") Thunberg, Carl L. (2011). Särkland och dess källmaterial. (Eng. "Serkland and its Source Material") Tunstall, Peter (2005). The Saga of Yngvar the Traveller. An online presentation, where some the runestones are available with pictures. Rundata External links An English Dictionary of Runic Inscriptions of the Younger Futhark, at the University of Nottingham Drawing of U 1143 by Johan Peringskiöld. Svante Fischer (1999). Ingvarsstenarna i tid och rum Carl L. Thunberg (2010). Ingvarståget och dess monument The Ingvar Runestones