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