Raido
# Raido

| Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English | Old Norse |
| - | - | - | - |
| Name | *Raidō | Rād | Reið |
| "ride, journey" |||
| Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark |
| Unicode | ᚱ U+16B1 | ᚱ U+16B1 | ᚱ U+16B1 |
| Transliteration | r | r | r |
| Transcription | r | r | r |
| IPA | [r] | [r] | [r] |
| Position in rune-row | 5 | 5 | 5 |

*Raidō "ride, journey" is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the r- rune of the Elder Futhark ᚱ. The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems, Old Norwegian Ræið Icelandic Reið, Anglo-Saxon Rad, as well as for the corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet 𐍂 r, called raida. The shape of the rune may be directly derived from Latin R.

| Rune Poem: | English Translation: |
| - | - |
| Old Norwegian ᚱ Ræið kveða rossom væsta; Reginn sló sværðet bæzta. | Riding is said to be the worst thing for horses; Reginn forged the finest sword. |
| Old Icelandic ᚱ Reið er sitjandi sæla ok snúðig ferð ok jórs erfiði. iter ræsir. | Riding is of sitting a blessing and swift journey and horses toiling |
| Anglo-Saxon ᚱ Rad bẏþ on recẏde rinca gehƿẏlcum sefte ond sƿiþhƿæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas. | Riding seems easy to every warrior while he is indoors and very courageous to him who traverses the high-roads on the back of a stout horse. |
