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, ᚢ, ᚦ, ᚩ, ᚱ, ᚳ, ᚷ, ᚹ, ᚻ, ᚾ, ᛁ, ᛄ, ᛇ, ᛈ, ᛉ, ᛋ, ᛏ, ᛒ, ᛖ, ᛗ, ᛚ, ᛝ, ᛟ, ᛞ, ᚪ, ᚨ, ᚣ, ᛡ, ᛠ ^[edit]