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)

to bury, entomb
- c. 200–500, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone^[1]:
  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^[2]:
  [ ]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”)

References

^ Inscription/entry N KJ75 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.
^ Inscription/entry N KJ84 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.

[1] Inscription/entry N KJ75 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.

[2] Inscription/entry N KJ84 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.

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