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{{Short description|Rune}}
{{Distinguish|Radio}}
{{For|the Estonian male given name|Raido (given name)}}

{{Infobox rune
| lang1 = pg | lang2 = oe | lang3 = on
| name1 = '''*Raidō'''
| name2 = '''Rād'''
| name3 = '''Reið'''
| meaning13 = "ride → journey"
| shape13 = [[File:Runic letter raido.svg|x50px|class=skin-invert-image]]
| unicode hex13 = 16B1
| transliteration13 = '''r'''
| transcription13 = ''r''
| IPA13 = {{IPA|[r]}}
| position13 = 5
}}
{{Contains special characters|Runic|width=30em}}

'''*Raidō''' "ride" (by extension "journey, wagon etc") is the reconstructed [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] name of the ''r''- [[rune]] of the [[Elder Futhark]] {{runic|ᚱ}}. The name is attested for the same rune in all three [[rune poem]]s, [[Old Norwegian]] '''Ræið''' [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] '''Reið''', [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] '''Rad''', as well as for the corresponding letter of the [[Gothic alphabet]] 𐍂 ''r'', called '''raida'''. The shape of the rune may be directly derived from Latin ''[[R]]''.

{| class="wikitable"
| '''Rune Poem:'''<ref>Original poems and translation from the [https://web.archive.org/web/19990501094729/http://www.ragweedforge.com/poems.html Rune Poem Page].</ref>
| '''English Translation:'''
|-
| 
'''[[Old Norwegian]]'''
<br />{{runic|ᚱ}} Ræið kveða rossom væsta;
<br />Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.
|
<br />Riding is said to be the worst thing for horses;
<br />[[Reginn]] forged the finest sword.
|- 
| 
'''[[Old Icelandic]]'''
<br />{{runic|ᚱ}} Reið er sitjandi sæla 
<br />ok snúðig ferð
<br />ok jórs erfiði.
<br />''iter'' ræsir.
| 
<br />Riding is of sitting a blessing
<br />and swift journey
<br />and horses toiling
|-
| 
'''[[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]]'''
<br />{{runic|ᚱ}} Rad bẏþ on recẏde rinca gehƿẏlcum 
<br />sefte ond sƿiþhƿæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan
<br />meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.
| 
<br />Riding seems easy to every warrior while he is indoors 
<br />and very courageous to him who traverses the high-roads
<br />on the back of a stout horse.
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171002110516/http://www.ancientscripts.com:80/futhark.html Futhark] (ancientscripts.com)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/11370/3ca1edae-a58b-44c7-9048-0ebc4b000e4f Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent AD 150-700] by J. H. Looijenga (dissertation,  Groningen University)

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