Dagaz
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The Dev rune (ᛞ) is called dæg "day" in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem. The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet 𐌳 d is called dags. This rune is also part of the Elder Futhark, with a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name *dagaz.
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Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English |
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*Dagaz | Dæg | |
Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc |
Unicode | ᛞ U+16DE | |
Transliteration | d | |
Transcription | d | |
IPA | [ð] | [d] |
Position in rune-row | 23 or 24 |
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Its "butterfly" shape is possibly derived from Lepontic san.[1] The rune may have been an original innovation, or it may have been adapted from the Rhaetic's alphabet's D.[2]