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ᛉ U+16C9, ᛉ
RUNIC LETTER ALGIZ EOLHX
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 		Runic ᛊ →

Translingual

Etymology

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Possibly derived from the Old Italic letter ⟨𐌙⟩, pronounced as , ultimately derived from Ancient Greek Ψ (Ps).

Letter

ᛉ

  1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Futhark (with reconstructed name *algiz (“elk”), English Algiz) representing /z/, and in the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (called eolh) representing /ks/

Descendants

Further reading

German

The "life rune" and "death rune" on a grave marker in Niederaula, Germany.

Etymology

From the interpretation as Lebensrune (“life rune”).

Symbol

ᛉ

  1. (obsolete, Nazism) born (replacing *)
    Coordinate term: ᛦ

Old English

Pronunciation

Letter

ᛉ (x)

  1. a letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /ks/ and pronounced eolh (“elk”)

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