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Raidô
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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 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.
Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons called the Goths Reiðgoths, perhaps to distinguish them from the Gotlanders (Gutar, the tribal name is etymologically identical to that of Goth, *Gutans), see Reidgotaland.
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)
09-23-2007 01:00:40
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