ᚢ

One form of the letter.

ᚢ U+16A2, ᚢ RUNIC LETTER URUZ UR U ← ᚡ [U+16A1] Runic ᚣ → [U+16A3]

Translingual

Letter

ᚢ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Fuþark (ᚢ), the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᚢ, called ūr), and the Younger Fuþark (ᚢ, called úr), representing /u/ or /uː/ and associated with dross of metal (in the Old Norwegian rune poem), rain (in the Old Icelandic one and in a runic rebus from the Old Church in Bø), and the aurochs (in the Anglo-Saxon one).

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u(ː)/

Letter

ᚢ (u) (ūr)

1. the second letter of the Anglo-Frisian (5th–9th c.) and Old English (9th–13th c.) runic alphabet, representing /u(ː)/ and pronounced ūr (“aurochs”)

   9th c., The Old English rune poem:

   ᚢ (ūr) byþ ānmōd and oferhyrnded...

   ᚢ (the aurochs) is steadfast and great-horned...

Variants

• ᚣ (y)

See also

• Runic script letters: ᚠ, ᚢ, ᚦ, ᚩ, ᚱ, ᚳ, ᚷ, ᚹ, ᚻ, ᚾ, ᛁ, ᛄ, ᛇ, ᛈ, ᛉ, ᛋ, ᛏ, ᛒ, ᛖ, ᛗ, ᛚ, ᛝ, ᛞ, ᛟ, ᚪ, ᚫ, ᚣ, ᛡ, ᛠ, ᛢ, ᛣ, ᛥ, ᚸ, ᛤ ^[edit]

Old Norse

Letter

ᚢ (u) (úr)

1. (runology) the second letter of the Old Norse runic alphabet, representing /u/, /ø/, /v/ (secondarily: /y/, /œ/) and pronounced úr (“precipitation”)

Pronunciation

• /u/, /ø/, /w/, /v/
• /y/, /œ/, /ɔ/
• /au/, /œy/

Variants

• ᚤ (y)

Noun

ᚢ (u)

1. Runic spelling of øy (East Norse), ey (West Norse)
   • c. 980–1015, inscription on Karlevi Runestone (Öl 1) (per Swedish runic word index 2006):

     §A + s-a… --(s)- i(a)s · satr · aiftir · si(b)(a) · kuþa · sun · fultars · in hons ·· liþi · sati · at · u · -ausa-þ-… +: fulkin : likr : hins : fulkþu : flaistr (:)· uisi · þat · maistar · taiþir : tulka · þruþar : traukr : i : þaimsi · huki · munat : raiþ:uiþur : raþa : ruk:starkr · i · tanmarku : --ntils : iarmun··kruntar : urkrontari : lonti §B {⁓ IN| |NONIN- ¶ + HE… …}

     §A S[t]æ[inn] [sa]s[i] es sattr æftiʀ Sibba Goða/Guða, sun Fuldars, en hans liði satti at øy (dat.) … … Fulginn liggʀ hinns fylgðu, flæstr vissi þat, mæstaʀ dæðiʀ dolga Þruðaʀ draugʀ i þæimsi haugi; munat Ræið-Viðurr raða rogstarkʀ i Danmarku [Æ]ndils iarmungrundaʀ uʀgrandaʀi landi. §B {In nomin[e](?) Ie[su](?) …}

     §A This stone is set up in memory of Sibbi Góði/Goði, son of Foldarr, and his retinue set on/towards island (dat.) … Hidden lies the one whom followed (most know that) the greatest deeds, Þrud's warrior of battles, in this mound. Never will a more honest, hard-fighting 'wagon-Viðurr' upon Endill's expanses rule the land in Denmark. [This stone is placed in memory of Sibbi the good, Fuldarr's son, and his retinue placed on … He lies concealed, he who was followed by the greatest deeds (most men knew that), a chieftain (battle-tree of [the Goddess] Þrúðr) in this howe; Never again shall such a battle-hardened sea-warrior (Viðurr-of-the-Carriage of [the Sea-king] Endill's mighty dominion ( = God of the vessels of the sea) ), rule unsurpassed over land in Denmark.] §B {In the name of Jesus(?) …}

Proto-Norse

Letter

ᚢ (u) (*ūrą/*uriʀ?)

1. the second letter of the Proto-Norse runic alphabet, representing /u/ and pronounced *ᚢᚱᚨ (*ūrą, “water?”) or potentially *ᚢᚱᛁᛉ (*uriʀ, “aurochs”)

Pronunciation

• /u/, /ø/

Proto-West Germanic

Letter

ᚢ (u) (*ūr)

1. (Anglo-Frisian) the second letter of the Anglo-Frisian runic alphabet (5th–9th c.), representing /u/ and pronounced *ūr (“aurochs”)
2. (Central Europe) the second letter of the Proto-West Germanic runic alphabet (1st–8th c.), representing /u/ and pronounced *ūr (“aurochs”)

Variants

• (Anglo-Frisian) ᚣ