ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ

Proto-Norse

FWOTD – 11 May 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlaiwą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱloy-wo-m, from the root *ḱley- (“to cover”).

Noun

ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ (hlaiwa) n

1. tomb, grave
   • 200s–400s, inscription on the Bø rune stone (KJ78)[1]:

     ᚺᚾᚨᛒᛞᚨᛊ ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ

     hnabdas hlaiwa

     /Hnabdas hlaiwa/

     Hnabdaʀ's grave

   • 200s-400s inscription on the Mycklebostad stone (KJ77)[2]:

     ᚨᛊᚢᚷᚨᛊᛞᛁᛉᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ [...]

     asugasdiʀhlaiwa [...]

     /Ą̄sugastīʀ hlaiwa [...]/

     Ansugastiʀ’s grave

Derived terms

• *ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᛁᛃᚨᚾ (*hlaiwijan, “to bury”) (two conjugated forms attested)

Descendants

• Old Norse: hlé
  • Icelandic: hlé
  • Faroese: læ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: le
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: le
  • Swedish: lä
  • Danish: læ