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ᛉ U+16C9, ᛉ RUNIC LETTER ALGIZ EOLHX ← ᛈ [U+16C8] Runic ᛊ → [U+16CA]

Translingual

Etymology

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Possibly derived from the Old Italic letter ⟨𐌙⟩, pronounced as [kʰ], 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

• ᛦ, ᛧ (Younger Futhark)

Further reading

• Algiz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• IPA^(key): /ks/

Letter

ᛉ (x)

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

     ᛉ seċġ eard hæfþ oftust on fenne...

     Elk-sedge is has its home most often in the fen...

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)