| Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English | Old Norse |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Raidō | Rád | Reið | |
| "ride → journey" | |||
| Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark |
| Unicode | ᚱ U+16B1 | ||
| Transliteration | r | ||
| Transcription | r | ||
| IPA | [r] | ||
| Position in rune-row | 5 | ||
*Raidō "ride" (by extension "journey, wagon etc") is the reconstructedProto-Germanic name of ther-rune of theElder Futharkᚱ. The name is attested for the same rune in all threerune poems,Old NorwegianRæiðIcelandicReið,Anglo-SaxonRad, as well as for the corresponding letter of theGothic alphabet 𐍂r, calledraida. The shape of the rune may be directly derived from LatinR.
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