ᚹᚨᚷᛖ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Dative of a name *ᚹᚨᚷᚨᛉ (*wagaʀ /⁠Wāgaʀ⁠/). The a-stem dative singular ending -ᛖ (-e) comes from Proto-Germanic *-ai, with a regular sound shift of *-ai > -ē (Old Norse -i). The name itself may be from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, sea”), in which case the first ᚨ (a) represents long ā (compare Old Norse vágr).

Proper noun

ᚹᚨᚷᛖ (wage /Wāgē/) m (dative)

a male given name
- c. 200–450 AD, inscription on the Opedal Runestone^[1]
  ᛒᛁᚱᚷᛜᚷᚢᛒᛟᚱᛟᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱᛗᛁᚾᚢ ¶ ᛚᛖᚢᛒᚢᛗᛖᛉ ᛬ ᚹᚨᚷᛖ
  birgŋguboroswestarminu ¶ leubumeʀ : wage
  /birg, Ingubōrō, swestar mīnu leubu, mēʀ, Wāgē!/
  O Ingubōrō, my beloved sister, preserve me, Wāgaz!

References

^ Inscription/entry N KJ76 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 N KJ76 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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