*Raidō "ride, journey" is the reconstructed
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic bran ...
name of the ''r''-
rune
Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised ...
of the
Elder Futhark . The name is attested for the same rune in all three
rune poem
Rune poems are poems that list the letters of runic alphabets while providing an explanatory poetic stanza for each letter. Three different poems have been preserved: the Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem, the Norwegian Rune Poem, and the Icelandic Rune Poe ...
s,
Old Norwegian
nn, gamalnorsk
, region = Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)
, era = 11th–14th century
, familycolor = Indo-European
, fam2 = Germanic
, fam3 = North Germanic
, fam4 = West Scandinavian
, fam5 ...
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''.
References
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External links
Futhark(ancientscripts.com)
Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent AD 150-700by J. H. Looijenga (dissertation, Groningen University)
Runes
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