ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ

Proto-Norse

Alternative forms

• ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido)

Etymology

From earlier ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido), from Proto-Germanic *faihidǭ, 1st singular past indicative of *faihijaną (“to paint”). The development of aih to ah āh brings the word one step closer to the Old Icelandic fáða.

Verb

ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ (fahido /fāhidō/) (first-person singular past indicative)

1. I painted, I coloured
   • 200s-400s inscription on the Rö runestone:

     ᛖᚲᚺᚱᚨᛉᚨᛉᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ ¶ ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ ¶ ᚨᚾᚨ(2?) ¶ ᛊ[ᚨ]ᛁᚱᚨᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᚹᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ
     ekhrazazsatidostaina ¶ swabaharjaz ¶ ana(2?) ¶ s[a]irawidaz ¶ stainawarijazfahido

     ek Hraʀaʀ satidō staina ¶ Swābaharjaʀ ¶ ana... ¶ Sairawīdaʀ ¶ Stainawārijaʀ fāhidō

     I, Hraʀaʀ, set the stone. Swābaharjaʀ ¶ on... ¶ Wound-wide ¶ [I], Stainawārijaʀ painted

Related terms

• ᚠᚨᚺᛁ (fahi, 1st singular present indicative)

Descendants

• Old Norse: fáða (infinitive fá)
  • Icelandic: fá