ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ
Proto-Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido /faihidō/)
Etymology
[edit]From earlier ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido /faihidō/), from Proto-Germanic *faihidǭ, first-person singular past indicative of *faihijaną (“to paint”). The development of aih to āh brings the word one step closer to the Old Icelandic fáða.
Verb
[edit]ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ (fahido /fāhidō/) (first-person singular past indicative)
- I painted, I coloured
- 200s-400s inscription on the Rö runestone:
- ᛖᚲᚺᚱᚨᛉᚨᛉᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ ¶ ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ ¶ ᚨᚾᚨ(2?) ¶ ᛊ[ᚨ]ᛁᚱᚨᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᚹᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ
ekhrazazsatidostaina ¶ swabaharjaz ¶ ana(2?) ¶ s[a]irawidaz ¶ stainawarijazfahido- ek Hraʀaʀ satidō staina ¶ Swābaharjaʀ ¶ ana... ¶ Sairawīdaʀ ¶ Stainawārijaʀ fāhidō
- I, Hraʀaʀ, set the stone. Swābaharjaʀ ¶ on... ¶ Wound-wide ¶ [I], Stainawārijaʀ painted
- 200s-400s inscription on the Rö runestone:
Attested forms
[edit]- (first-person singular present active indicative) — ᚠᚨᚺᛁ (fahi /fāhī/)
- (first-person singular past active indicative) — ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido /faihidō/), ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ (fahido /fāhidō/)
- (third-person singular past active indicative) — ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛖ (fahide /fāhidē/)