ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

*ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᚾ (*raunijan, “to test, to try”) +‎ -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ, agent noun suffix). The verb is ancestral to Old Norse reyna (“to try, to prove”), and the suffix -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ) is a variant of -ᚨᛉ (-aʀ), corresponding to Old Norse -ir.

Noun

ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ (raunijaʀ)

  1. tester

Descendants

  • Old Norse: reynir
    • Icelandic: reynir
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