ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

*ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛉ (*aiþaʀ, “oath”) +‎ *ᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (*lataʀ /⁠lātaʀ⁠/, “reciter”). Second element an a-stem agent noun derived from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let allow; leave (behind)”), but apparently carrying the sense “to make sound, to speak”, as found in later Old Norse láta. For the formation compare ᚹᛟᛞᚢᚱᛁᛞᛖ (woduride /⁠Wōdurīdē⁠/).

Proper noun

ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (aiþalataʀ /Aiþalātaʀ/) m

a male given name
- c. 340–360, Nydam V axe handle^[1]:
  ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ ¶ ᚨᛚᚢ ᛬ ᚹᛁᚺᚷᚢᛊᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ ᛬ ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ
  wagagastiʀ ¶ alu : wihgusikijaʀ : aiþalataʀ
  /Wāgagastiʀ. ¶ alu wīhgu Sīkijaʀ Aiþalātaʀ/
  Wāgagastiʀ. ¶ alu. I fight (or: I consecrate). Sīkijaʀ. Aiþalātaʀ.

References

^ Inscription/entry SJy 67 in the RuneS-Database of the research project "Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS)" of Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2024.

[1] Inscription/entry SJy 67 in the RuneS-Database of the research project "Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS)" of Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2024.

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