*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 branc ...
name of the ''r''-
rune
Runes are the letter (alphabet), 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, a ...
of the
Elder Futhark
The Elder Futhark (or Fuþark), also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Peri ...
. 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 Poem ...
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
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
Rad, as well as for the corresponding letter of the
Gothic alphabet
The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet used for writing the Gothic language. Ulfilas (or Wulfila) developed it in the 4th century AD for the purpose of translating the Bible.
The alphabet essentially uses uncial forms of the Greek alphabet, wit ...
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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