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Capital wynn (left), lowercase wynn (right)
Wynn (Ƿ ƿ) (also spelled Wen or ƿen) was a letter of the Old English alphabet. The modern English alphabet consists of 26 letters derived from the Latin alphabet: History See also History of the It was used to represent the sound /w/.
While the earliest Old English texts represent this phoneme with the digraph <uu>, scribes soon borrowed the rune wynn 
(ᚹ) for this purpose. A digraph, bigraph, or digram is a pair of characters used to write one Phoneme (distinct sound or a sequence of phonemes that does not correspond It remained a standard letter throughout the Anglo-Saxon era, eventually falling out of use (perhaps under the influence of French orthography) during the Middle English period, circa 1300 (Freeborn 1992:25). Middle English is the name given by Historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of It was replaced with <uu> once again, from which the modern <w> developed. W is the twenty-third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled double-u (ˈdʌbljuː
The denotation of the rune is "joy, bliss" known from the Anglo-Saxon rune poem:
- ᚹ Ƿenne bruceþ, ðe can ƿeana lyt
sares and sorge and him sylfa hæf
blæd and blysse and eac byrga geniht. The Rune Poems are three poems that list the letters of Runic alphabets while providing an explanatory poetic stanza for each letter
- Bliss he enjoys who knows not pain,
- sorrow nor anxiety, and himself has
- prosperity and bliss and a good enough house.
It is not continued in the Younger Futhark, but in the Gothic alphabet, the letter 𐍅 w is called winja, allowing a Proto-Germanic reconstruction of the rune's name as *wunjô "joy". Proto-Germanic, or Common Germanic, is the hypothetical common ancestor ( Proto-language) of all the Germanic languages such as modern English The Elder Futhark (or Elder Fuþark, Older Futhark, Old Futhark) is the oldest form of the Runic alphabet, used by Germanic tribes Futhorc, a Runic alphabet used by the Anglo-Saxons, was descended from the Elder Futhark of 24 runes and contained between 26 and 33 characters In Computing, Unicode is an Industry standard allowing Computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world's Runic transliteration and transcription are part of analysing a runic inscription. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, devised by the International Phonetic The Younger Futhark, also called the Scandinavian runes, is a Runic alphabet, a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, consisting of only 16 characters in This article is about the 4th century alphabet of the Gothic bible Proto-Germanic, or Common Germanic, is the hypothetical common ancestor ( Proto-language) of all the Germanic languages such as modern English
It is one of the two runes (along with þ) to have been borrowed into the English alphabet (or any extension of the Latin alphabet). Thorn, or þorn (Þ þ is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic Alphabets It was also used in Medieval Scandinavia The modern English alphabet consists of 26 letters derived from the Latin alphabet: History See also History of the A modified version of the letter ƿynn called Vend was used briefly in Old Norse for the sounds /u/, /v/, and /w/. Vend is a letter of Old Norse. It was used to represent the sound /u/ /v/ and /w/ Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age
As with þ, ƿynn was revived in modern times for the printing of Old English texts, but since the early 20th century the usual practice has been to substitute the modern <w> instead due to ƿynn's visual resemblance to P. Î, î ( I - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Romanian language. P is the sixteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled pee or occasionally pe (piː
Ƿynn in Unicode and HTML Entities
| Latin Capital Letter Wynn | Ƿ | U+01F7 and Ƿ | |
| Latin Small Letter Wynn | ƿ | U+01BF and ƿ |
| Runic Letter Wynn | ᚹ | U+16B9 and ᚹ |
References
- Freeborn, Dennis (1992). From Old English to Standard English. London: MacMillan.
See also
The Meldorf fibula is a Germanic spring-case-type fibula found in Meldorf, Schleswig-Holstein in 1979. The Rune Poems are three poems that list the letters of Runic alphabets while providing an explanatory poetic stanza for each letter A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock This article is about the philological discipline not to be confused with occultist concepts like Runosophy. The Elder Futhark (or Elder Fuþark, Older Futhark, Old Futhark) is the oldest form of the Runic alphabet, used by Germanic tribes The Fe Rune ( Old Norse fé; Old English feoh) represents the f -sound in the Younger The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark u rune is *Ūruz meaning " wild ox " or *Ûram The Germanic Rune is called Thurs ( Þurs "giant" see Jötunn) in the Icelandic and Norwegian Rune poems *Raidô "ride journey" is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the r - Rune of the Elder Futhark. The k - Rune (Younger Futhark, Anglo-Saxon futhorc) is called Kaun in both the Norwegian and Icelandic Rune poems meaning " Gyfu is the name for the g - Rune in the Anglo-Saxon Rune poem, meaning "gift" or "generosity" *Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h - Rune, meaning " Hail " (the precipitation *Naudiz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the n - Rune, meaning "need distress" *Isaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the i - Rune, meaning " Ice " Eiwaz or Eihaz (reconstructed *īhaz / *ēhaz or *īwaz / *ēwaz) was a Proto-Germanic word for " yew " is the rune denoting the sound p in the Elder Futhark Runic alphabet, in the Anglo-Saxon Rune poem named peorð. *Algiz, sometimes *Elhaz, is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name for the rune, representing the Proto-Germanic terminal -z *Sôwilô or *Saewelô is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the s-rune meaning "sun" The t - Rune is named after Tyr, and was identified with this god *Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b Rune, meaning " Birch " *Ehwaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark e Rune, meaning " Horse " (cognate to Latin *Mannaz or *Manwaz (ᛗ is the Proto-Germanic term for " Man " in the gender-neutral sense of "individual human being" *Laguz or *Laukaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l - Rune, *laguz meaning " Water " or " Yngvi, Yngvin, Ingwine, Inguin are names that relate to an older theonym Ing and which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr In Norse mythology, Dagr ( Old Norse "day" is Day personified The Elder Futhark Odal Rune ( represents the o sound Its reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is * ôþalan. Futhorc, a Runic alphabet used by the Anglo-Saxons, was descended from the Elder Futhark of 24 runes and contained between 26 and 33 characters The Fe Rune ( Old Norse fé; Old English feoh) represents the f -sound in the Younger The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark u rune is *Ūruz meaning " wild ox " or *Ûram The Germanic Rune is called Thurs ( Þurs "giant" see Jötunn) in the Icelandic and Norwegian Rune poems O is the fifteenth letter of the modern Latin Alphabet. Its name in English is spelled o (oʊ plural usually o's or os; sometimes *Raidô "ride journey" is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the r - Rune of the Elder Futhark. The k - Rune (Younger Futhark, Anglo-Saxon futhorc) is called Kaun in both the Norwegian and Icelandic Rune poems meaning " C is the third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled cee or occasionally ce (siː Gyfu is the name for the g - Rune in the Anglo-Saxon Rune poem, meaning "gift" or "generosity" See also Grave accent Double acute accent International Phonetic Alphabet *Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h - Rune, meaning " Hail " (the precipitation *Naudiz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the n - Rune, meaning "need distress" *Isaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the i - Rune, meaning " Ice " Eiwaz or Eihaz (reconstructed *īhaz / *ēhaz or *īwaz / *ēwaz) was a Proto-Germanic word for " yew " is the rune denoting the sound p in the Elder Futhark Runic alphabet, in the Anglo-Saxon Rune poem named peorð. *Algiz, sometimes *Elhaz, is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name for the rune, representing the Proto-Germanic terminal -z *Sôwilô or *Saewelô is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the s-rune meaning "sun" The t - Rune is named after Tyr, and was identified with this god *Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b Rune, meaning " Birch " *Ehwaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark e Rune, meaning " Horse " (cognate to Latin *Mannaz or *Manwaz (ᛗ is the Proto-Germanic term for " Man " in the gender-neutral sense of "individual human being" *Laguz or *Laukaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l - Rune, *laguz meaning " Water " or " Yngvi, Yngvin, Ingwine, Inguin are names that relate to an older theonym Ing and which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr In Norse mythology, Dagr ( Old Norse "day" is Day personified The Elder Futhark Odal Rune ( represents the o sound Its reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is * ôþalan. This article is about the typographic ligature for other uses see Oe Œ The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark u rune is *Ūruz meaning " wild ox " or *Ûram The Ear ᛠ rune of the Anglo-Saxon futhorc is a late addition to the alphabet The Younger Futhark, also called the Scandinavian runes, is a Runic alphabet, a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, consisting of only 16 characters in The Fe Rune ( Old Norse fé; Old English feoh) represents the f -sound in the Younger The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark u rune is *Ūruz meaning " wild ox " or *Ûram The Germanic Rune is called Thurs ( Þurs "giant" see Jötunn) in the Icelandic and Norwegian Rune poems Ą ( minuscule: ą) is a letter in the Polish, Kashubian, Lithuanian, Creek, Navajo, Western Apache *Raidô "ride journey" is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the r - Rune of the Elder Futhark. The k - Rune (Younger Futhark, Anglo-Saxon futhorc) is called Kaun in both the Norwegian and Icelandic Rune poems meaning " *Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h - Rune, meaning " Hail " (the precipitation *Naudiz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the n - Rune, meaning "need distress" *Isaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the i - Rune, meaning " Ice " *Sôwilô or *Saewelô is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the s-rune meaning "sun" The t - Rune is named after Tyr, and was identified with this god *Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b Rune, meaning " Birch " *Mannaz or *Manwaz (ᛗ is the Proto-Germanic term for " Man " in the gender-neutral sense of "individual human being" *Laguz or *Laukaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l - Rune, *laguz meaning " Water " or " The Yr rune is a Rune of the Younger Futhark. The name yr means "yew" in Old Norse. The Yr rune is a Rune of the Younger Futhark. The name yr means "yew" in Old Norse. Runic transliteration and transcription are part of analysing a runic inscription. F is the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ef or eff (ɛf U is the twenty-first letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled u (juː Î, î ( I - Circumflex) is a letter of Kurdish and Romanian language. The letter A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is a (eɪ plural R is the eighteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ar (ɑr pronounced or) K is the eleventh letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled kay (keɪ G is the seventh letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled gee or occasionally ge (dʒiː W is the twenty-third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled double-u (ˈdʌbljuː N is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled en (ɛn I is the ninth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its English name is i (aɪ J is the tenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet; it was the last of the 26 letters to be added Ï is a symbol used in various languages written with the Latin alphabet. P is the sixteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled pee or occasionally pe (piː Z is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the modern Latin alphabet. S is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ess or occasionally es (ɛs generally es- T is the twentieth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled tee or occasionally te (tiː B is the second letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled bee or occasionally be (biː plural bees. E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled e (iː plural es or ees (also written E's E M is the thirteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled em (ɛm L is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is el or occasionally ell (ɛl Ś is an S with an Acute accent. It is found in the Polish alphabet and it is used in some other countries Slavic usually ( Voiceless alveolo-palatal D is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled dee or occasionally de (diː O is the fifteenth letter of the modern Latin Alphabet. Its name in English is spelled o (oʊ plural usually o's or os; sometimesDictionary
wynn
-noun
- a letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.
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