English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “war, battle” + “play, sport”
Compound of *ᚺᚨᚦᚢᛉ (*haþuʀ, “war, battle”) + *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ, “play, sport”). The first element may also be *ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛉ (*haduʀ /handuʀ/, “hand”), with non-writing of a nasal before a homorganic consonant. For this compare the secure instances ᚲᚢᚾᛁᛗᚢᛞᛁᚢ (kunimudiu /Kunimundiu/) and ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo /raginakundō/).
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

