ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ

Proto-Norse

Alternative forms

• ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido /⁠faihidō⁠/)

Etymology

From earlier ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido /⁠faihidō⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *faihidǭ, first-person singular past indicative of *faihijaną (“to paint”). The development of aih to 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

Attested forms

• (first-person singular present active indicative) — ᚠᚨᚺᛁ (fahi /⁠fāhī⁠/)
• (first-person singular past active indicative) — ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido /⁠faihidō⁠/), ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ (fahido /⁠fāhidō⁠/)
• (third-person singular past active indicative) — ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛖ (fahide /⁠fāhidē⁠/)

Descendants

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