Raidho

Raidō "to ride, to travel" 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, Old Icelandic Reið, Anglo-Saxon Rad, as well as for the corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet 𐍂 r, called raida. The form of the rune may be directly derived from the Latin R.

Rune Poem

Old Norwegian
ᚱ Ræið kveða rossom væsta;
Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.

It is said that riding is the worst for horses;
Reginn forged the best sword.

Old Icelandic
ᚱ Reið er sitjandi sæla
ok snúðig ferð
ok jórs erfiði.
iter ræsir.

Riding is a blessing from sitting
and a swift journey
and the hardship of horses.

Anglo-Saxon
ᚱ Rad byþ on recyde rinca gehƿylcum
sefte ond sƿiþhƿæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan
meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.

Riding seems easy for every warrior when at home,
and very brave for the one who crosses the high roads
on the back of a strong horse.