ᚹ
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Translingual
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare P.
Letter
ᚹ
- A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Fuþark (ᚹ) and the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᚹ, called wynn), representing /w/ and associated with joy and bliss in the Anglo-Saxon rune-poem.
Descendants
Old English
Pronunciation
Letter
ᚹ (w)
- the eighth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /w/ and pronounced wynn (“joy”)
- The Old English rune poem
- ᚹ ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...
- Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...
- The Old English rune poem
See also
- (Runic script letters) ᚠ (f), ᚢ (u), ᚦ (þ), ᚩ (ó), ᚱ (r), ᚳ (c), ᚷ (ġ), ᚹ (w), ᚻ (h), ᚾ (n), ᛁ (i), ᛄ (j), ᛇ (eo), ᛈ (p), ᛉ (x), ᛋ (s), ᛏ (t), ᛒ (b), ᛖ (e), ᛗ (m), ᛚ (l), ᛝ (ŋ), ᛟ (œ), ᛞ (d), ᚪ (a), ᚨ, ᚣ (y), ᛡ (io), ᛠ (ea)