Name | ||||
"ride, journey" | ||||
Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark | |
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 ...
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