Raido

Raidō "ride" (by extension "journey, wagon etc") is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the r- rune of the Elder Futhark . The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems, Old Norwegian Ræið Icelandic Reið, 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: | English Translation: |- | Old Norwegian Ræið kveða rossom væsta; Reginn sló sværðet bæzta. | Riding is said to be the worst thing for horses; Reginn forged the finest sword. |- | Old Icelandic Reið er sitjandi sæla ok snúðig ferð ok jórs erfiði. iter ræsir. | Riding is of sitting a blessing and swift journey and horses toiling |- | Old English Rad bẏþ on recẏde rinca gehƿẏlcum sefte ond sƿiþhƿæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas. | Riding seems easy to every warrior while he is indoors and very courageous to him who traverses the high-roads on the back of a stout horse. |}