ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟ

ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlaiwidǭ, the first person singular present indicative of *hlaiwijaną.

Verb

ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟ (hlaaiwido hlaiwidō), (1st singular past indicative)

1. I buried
   • 3rd-6th century, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone (KJ75, NIæR19):

     ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ ¶ ᛖᚲᚺᚨᚷᚢᛊᛏᚨᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟᛗᚨᚷᚢᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ
     hadulaikaz ¶ ekhagustadaz ¶ hlaaiwidomaguminino

     Hadulaikaz ek Hagustaldaz hlaiwidō magu mīninō

     Hadulaikaz [lies here]. I, Hagustaldaz, buried my son

Usage notes

• The double aa is most likely a spelling error; the runographer may have been inattentive, and accidentally drew an extra stroke to what was supposed to be an l (so ᛚᚨ > ᚨᚨ). In order to correct his error, he then added a twig to the preceding h, turning it into a bindrune h=l.

Related terms

• ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ (hlaiwa, “tomb, grave”, noun)
• ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉ (hlaiwidaz, “buried”, past participle)