ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ

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Proto-Norse

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Etymology

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*ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛉ (*aiþaʀ, oath) +‎ *ᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (*lataʀ /⁠lātaʀ⁠/, reciter). Second element an a-stem agent noun derived from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (to let allow; leave (behind)), but apparently carrying the sense “to make sound, to speak”, as found in later Old Norse láta. For the formation compare ᚹᛟᛞᚢᚱᛁᛞᛖ (woduride /⁠Wōdurīdē⁠/).

Proper noun

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ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (aiþalataʀ /Aiþalātaʀ/) m

  1. a male given name
    • c. 340–360, Nydam V axe handle[1]:
      ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ ¶ ᚨᛚᚢ ᛬ ᚹᛁᚺᚷᚢᛊᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ ᛬ ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ
      wagagastiʀ ¶ alu : wihgusikijaʀ : aiþalataʀ
      /Wāgagastiʀ. ¶ alu wīhgu Sīkijaʀ Aiþalātaʀ/
      Wāgagastiʀ. ¶ alu. I fight (or: I consecrate). Sīkijaʀ. Aiþalātaʀ.

References

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  1. ^ Inscription/entry SJy 67 in the RuneS-Database ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2024.