ᚾ

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ᚾ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Futhark (ᚾ), the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᚾ, called nȳd), and the Younger Fuþark (ᚾ, called nauðr in Old Norse and naud in Icelandic), representing /n/ and associated with Proto-Germanic *naudiz (“need; distress”).

• ᚿ (Younger Futhark short-twig variant)

• IPA^(key): /n/

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...

• 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, ᛞ, ᛟ, ᚪ, ᚫ, ᚣ, ᛡ, ᛠ, ᛢ, ᛣ, ᛥ, ᚸ, ᛤ ^[edit]