ᚾ

ᚾ U+16BE, ᚾ RUNIC LETTER NAUDIZ NYD NAUD N ← ᚽ [U+16BD] Runic ᚿ → [U+16BF]

Translingual

Etymology

Unknown. Compare N.

Letter

ᚾ

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

ᚾ (n)

1. 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...

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]