ᚨᚾ

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Proto-Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *ana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-.

Preposition[edit]

ᚨᚾ (an)

  1. (+dative) on
    • 5th-6th century, Tjurkö 1 bracteate
      ᚹᚢᚱᛏᛖᚱᚢᚾᛟᛉᚨᚾᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᚲᚢᚱᚾᛖ··ᚺᛖᛚᛞᚨᛉᚲᚢᚾᛁᛗᚢᛞᛁᚢ···
      wurterunozanwalhakurne··heldazkunimudiu···
      wurtē runōz an walhakurnē Heldaz Kunimundiu
      Heldaz wrought the runes on the foreign/Roman grain [the gold] for Kunimunduz.

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Norse: á
    • Icelandic: á
    • Faroese: á
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: å (dialectal)
    • Elfdalian: ą̊
    • Old Swedish: ā
      • Swedish: å, a (dialectal)
    • Old Danish: ā
      • Danish: å (dialectal)