ᚾ
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Translingual
Etymology
Unknown. Compare N.
Letter
ᚾ
- A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Fuþark (ᚾ), the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᚾ, called nyd), and the Younger Fuþark (ᚾ, called nauðr in Old Norse and naud in Icelandic), representing /n/ and associated with need and distress.
Related terms
- ᚿ (Younger Futhark short-twig variant)
Old English
Pronunciation
Letter
ᚾ (n)
- the tenth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /n/ and pronounced nēod (“desire, need”)
- The Old English rune poem
- ᚾ byþ nearu on brēostan...
- Need is oppressive to the heart...
- 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)