Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English | Old Norse | |
*Raiđō | Rād | Reið | ||
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"ride, journey" | ||||
Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark | |
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Unicode | ᚱ
U+16B1
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Transliteration | r | |||
Transcription | r | |||
IPA | [r] | |||
Position in rune-row | 5 |
Not to be confused with Radio.
*Raidō "ride, journey" is the reconstructed 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, Old 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.
Rune Poem:[1] | English Translation: |
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References
- ^ Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page.
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)