Rune 5 of 24 · Freyr's aett
Raidho
“riding; journey” · sound: r
Can be drawn reversed when reversals are on.
Historical evidence
Old English rad and Norse reið both mean riding. The Old English poem says riding seems easy to warriors indoors, and is another matter on a strong horse along the high roads; the Norwegian poem calls it the worst thing for horses.
The name Raidho is a modern reconstruction of the Proto-Germanic name; the Elder Futhark’s own names are not recorded.
In the rune poems (original texts)
Rad byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum
sefte ond swiþhwæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan
meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.Ræið kveða rossom væsta;
Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.Reið er sitjandi sæla
ok snúðig ferð
ok jórs erfiði.
iter ræsir.Original texts as printed in Bruce Dickins, Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples, Cambridge University Press, 1915. Public domain. The summary above is Scryway’s own; no translation is reproduced.
Modern interpretation
From 20th-century and later divinatory practice, written for Scryway. Not a historical meaning.
Keywords: journey, movement, right order
Upright
A journey, literal or not, and the rhythm of getting somewhere. Things moving in the right sequence.
Reversed
Delays, a journey going wrong, or a plan out of order. Rethink the route.