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'''Raidô''' "ride, journey" is the suggested [[Proto-Germanic]] name of the ''r''-[[rune]] of the [[Elder Futhark]] ᚱ. The name is attested for the same rune in all three [[rune poem]]s, [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] '''Ræið''' [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] '''Reið''', [[Anglo-Saxon]] '''Rad''', as well as for the corresponding letter of the [[Gothic alphabet]] 𐍂 ''r'', called '''raida'''. The shape of the rune may be directly derived from Latin [[R]]. |
'''Raidô''' "ride, journey" is the suggested [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] name of the ''r''-[[rune]] of the [[Elder Futhark]] ᚱ. The name is attested for the same rune in all three [[rune poem]]s, [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] '''Ræið''' [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] '''Reið''', [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] '''Rad''', as well as for the corresponding letter of the [[Gothic alphabet]] 𐍂 ''r'', called '''raida'''. The shape of the rune may be directly derived from Latin [[R]]. |
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Revision as of 11:34, 4 June 2006
Raidô "ride, journey" is the suggested Proto-Germanic name of the r-rune of the Elder Futhark ᚱ. The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems, Norwegian Ræið Icelandic Reið, Anglo-Saxon Rad, as well as for the corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet 𐍂 r, called raida. The shape of the rune may be directly derived from Latin R.
External links
- the Futhark (ancientscripts.com)
- Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent AD 150-700 by J. H. Looijenga (dissertation, Groningen University)