ᚱᚢᚾᛟ

Proto-Norse

FWOTD – 13 October 2012

photograph of the inscription on the Einang stone, which may be the oldest attestation of this word

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈruː.noː/

Noun

ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo) f

secret, mystery
rune
- 4th century, inscription on the Einang stone:
  [ᛖᚲ ᚷᛟ]ᛞᚨᚷᚨᛋᛏᛁᛉ ᚱᚢᚾᛟ ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ
  [ek go]dagastiz runo faihido
  [I, Go]dagastiz, painted the rune

Descendants

Old Norse: rún
- Faroese: rún f
- German: Rune f
- Icelandic: rún f
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rune f
- Old Danish: rune
  - Danish: rune c
- Old Swedish: run
  - Swedish: runa c

Further reading

Terje Spurkland, Norwegian runes and runic inscriptions (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, →ISBN, 2005), pages 42–43

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