ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

FWOTD – 29 May 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).

Noun

ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀm (accusative singular ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ)

  1. stone
    Synonym: ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ)
    • c. 150 CE – 450 CE, Hogganvik stone:[1]
      ᚲᛖᛚᛒᚨᚦᛖᚹᚨᛊ ᛊᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ
      kelbaþewas sainaʀ
      Skelbathewaz's stone
    • c. 5th century, Rö runestone:
      ᛖᚲ ᚺᚱᚨᛉᚨᛉ ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟ ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ []
      ek hraʀaʀ satido staina []
      I, Hrazaz, set the stone []

Derived terms

Descendants

  1. ^ Inscription/entry N Viking2011;28 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, 2025.