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 (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), ᛋ (s), ᛒ (b), ᛖ (e), ᛗ (m), ᛚ (l), ᛝ (ŋ), ᛟ (œ), ᛞ (d), ᚪ (a), ᚨ, ᚣ (y), ᛡ (io), ᛠ (ea)