ᚳ

ᚳ U+16B3, ᚳ RUNIC LETTER CEN ← ᚲ [U+16B2] Runic ᚴ → [U+16B4]

Translingual

Etymology

A variation of the Elder Fuþark character ᚲ.

Letter

ᚳ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (called cēn), representing /k/ or /tʃ/ and associated with a torch in the Anglo-Saxon rune-poem.

See also

• ᛣ

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ᚳ (c)

1. the sixth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /k/ or /tʃ/ and pronounced ċēn (“torch”)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚳ byþ cwicera ġehwām, cūþ on fȳre...

     Torch is by the living seen ablaze...

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)