Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᛁᛃᚨᚾ

This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwijaną, from *hlaiwą (“hill; burial mound, grave”) (whence ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ (hlaiwa)) + *-janą (causative verb suffix).

Verb

*ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᛁᛃᚨᚾ (*hlaiwijan)

1. to bury, entomb
   • c. 200–500, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone:

     ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ ¶ ᛖᚲᚺᚨᚷᚢᛊᛏᚨᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟᛗᚨᚷᚢᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ

     hadulaikaʀ ¶ ekhagustadaʀ ¶ hlaaiwidomaguminino

     /Hadulaikaʀ. ek Hagustaldaʀ hlaiwidō magu mīninō./

     Hadulaikaʀ [lies here]. I, Hagustaldaʀ/the young warrior, buried my boy.

   • c. 200–500, inscription on rune stone from Amla, Sogn og Fjordane:

     [ ]ᛁᛉᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉᚦᚨᚱ

     [ ]iʀhlaiwidaʀþar

     /[ ]iʀ hlaiwidaʀ þar/

     [...]iʀ is buried here

Conjugation

• (infinitive) — *ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᛁᛃᚨᚾ (*hlaiwijan)
• (first-person singular past active indicative) — ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟ (hlaaiwido /⁠hlaiwidō⁠/)
• (past participle) — ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉ (hlaiwidaʀ)

Related terms

• ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ n (hlaiwa, “grave”)