*Raidō "ride" (by extension "journey, wagon etc") is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the r- rune of the Elder Futhark ᚱ.
The shape of the rune may be directly derived from Latin R. Old Norwegian ᚱ Ræið kveða rossom væsta; Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.
Old Icelandic ᚱ Reið er sitjandi sæla ok snúðig ferð ok jórs erfiði.
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.