Dagaz
The Dev rune (ᛞ) is called dæg day in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem.
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| Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English |
|---|---|---|
| *Dagaz | Dæg | |
| Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc |
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| Unicode | ᛞ U+16DE | |
| Transliteration | d | |
| Transcription | d | |
| IPA | [ð] | [d] |
| Position in rune-row | 23 or 24 | |
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.
Its "butterfly" shape is possibly derived from Lepontic san.
Rune poems
The name is only recorded in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, since the rune was lost in the Younger Futhark:
| Rune Poem: | English Translation: |
| Anglo-Saxon |
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Inscriptions
On runic inscription Ög 43 in Ingelstad, one Dagaz rune is translated using the Old Norse word for "day" as the personal name Dagr.
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