ᚹ

ᚹ U+16B9, ᚹ RUNIC LETTER WUNJO WYNN W ← ᚸ [U+16B8] Runic ᚺ → [U+16BA]

Translingual

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare P.

Letter

ᚹ

1. 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

• The letter wynn/wen: Ƿ, ƿ
• The letter vend: Ꝩ, ꝩ

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

ᚹ (w)

1. 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...

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)