ᚱᛡᛁᛋᛁᛞᛟ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic raisidǭ, raizidǭ, 1st singular past indicative of *raisijaną, *raizijaną. Cognate with Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 (raisida) (1st/3rd sg. past ind. of 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raisjan)).

Verb

ᚱᛡᛁᛋᛁᛞᛟ (rAisido /raisidō/) (1st singular past indicative)

1. I raised
   • 500-700AD, Söderköping stone (Ög KJ59)

     ᛖᚴᛡ ᛋᛁᚷᛁᛗᛡᚱᛡᛉ ᛡᚠᛋ...ᚴᛡ ᚱᛡᛁᛋᛁᛞᛟᚴᛡ ¶ ᛋᛏᛡᛁᚾᛡᛦ... ¶ ᚴᚴ ' ᚴᛁᛁᛁᛁ ' ᚴᚴᚴ

     ekᴀ sigimᴀrᴀʀ ᴀfs...kᴀ rᴀisidokᴀ ¶ stᴀinᴀʀ... ¶ kk ' kiiii ' kkk

     I Sigimaraz ... I raised ¶ the stone[s] ¶ kk ' kiiii ' kkk

Descendants

• Old Norse: reisa (1st singular past indicative reista)
  • Icelandic: reisa
  • Faroese: reisa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reisa
  • Old Swedish: rēsa
    • Swedish: resa
  • Danish: rejse
    • Norwegian Bokmål: reise
  • → Middle English: reisen, raisen
    • Scots: rais, rase, raise
    • English: raise

Further reading

• KJ 59 in the Runenprojekt Kiel