ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ

*ᚹᚨᛁ (*wai, “woe”) +‎ *ᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (māriz, “renowned, famous”). First element somehow from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe; evil”), and likely the same as in Old Norse vesall and veill, second from *mērijaz (“renowned”), ancestor of Old Norse mærr. Compare Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wajamērjan, “to slander, blaspheme”) and contrast 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wailamēreis, “of good repute”). As the Gothic cognate of the first element waje ends with -a, the e should here be long.

ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (wajemariʀ /wajēmāriz/)

1. ill-famous, of poor repute
   • c. 200 AD, Thorsberg chape, found near Süderbrarup, Germany.

     ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ / ᚾᛁᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ
     owlþuþewaz / niwajemariz

     Wolþuþewaz / ni wajēmāriz

     Wolþuþewaz / not ill-famous [well-renowned]

• This word is only attested once, in what is likely a poetic line, where it is negated. Together with the negation it literally means "not ill-famous", but this should be understood as a litotes meaning "well-renowned", "of infallible repute".

• KJ20 in the Runenprojekt Kiel