Raido

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NameProto-GermanicOld EnglishOld Norse
*RaidōRādReið
"ride, journey"
ShapeElder FutharkFuthorcYounger Futhark
Runic letter raido.svg
Unicode
U+16B1
Transliterationr
Transcriptionr
IPA[r]
Position in
rune-row
5

*Raidō "ride, journey" is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the r- rune of the Elder Futhark . 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