ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟ (hlaaiwido /hlaiwidō/) (first-person singular past active indicative)

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

     ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ ¶ ᛖᚲᚺᚨᚷᚢᛊᛏᚨᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟᛗᚨᚷᚢᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ

     hadulaikaʀ ¶ ekhagustadaʀ ¶ hlaaiwidomaguminino

     /Hadulaikaʀ. Ek Hagustaldaʀ hlaiwidō magu mīninō./

     Hadulaikaʀ [lies here?]. I, Hagustaldaʀ/the young warrior, buried my son.

Usage notes

• The double aa is most likely a spelling error; the runographer may have been inattentive, and accidentally carved an extra stroke to what was supposed to be an l, so that ᛚᚨ became 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”)
• ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉ (hlaiwidaʀ, “buried”, past participle)