ᚺᚨᚷᛁᚱᚨᛞᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱek-der.

Proto-Germanic *hagaz

Proto-Germanic *rēdaz

Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛞᚨᛉ (*radaʀ)

Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚷᛁᚱᚨᛞᚨᛉ (hagiradaʀ)

First element from Proto-Germanic *hagiz, *hagaz (“able, capable”), same as Old Norse hagr (Icelandic hagur). Second element *ᚱᚨᛞᚨᛉ (rādaz) is from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz (“advice, counsel”), same as in ᚠᚱᚨᚹᚨᚱᚨᛞᚨᛉ (frawaradaʀ) and Old High German Kuonirāt. Note the common North-West Germanic shift of Proto-Germanic *ē to *ā.

Proper noun

ᚺᚨᚷᛁᚱᚨᛞᚨᛉ (hagiradaʀ /Hagirādaʀ/) m

1. a male given name
   • 160-375, wooden box from Garbølle, Sjælland (DK Sj 62, KJ 30[1])

     ᚺᚨᚷᛁᚱᚨᛞᚨᛉ | ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛖ᛬

     hagiradaʀ | tawide:

     /Hagirādaʀ tawidē/

     Hagirādaʀ made [this box]

Further reading

• KJ 30 in the Runenprojekt Kiel