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)