ᛖ

ᛖ U+16D6, ᛖ RUNIC LETTER EHWAZ EH E ← ᛕ [U+16D5] Runic ᛗ → [U+16D7]

Translingual

Letter

ᛖ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, with the reconstructed name *ehwaz (“horse”), representing /e/.

Usage notes

Present in the Elder Fuþark (ᛖ) and the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᛖ, called eh), and associated in both with the concept of 'horse'.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e(ː)/

Letter

ᛖ (e)

1. the nineteenth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing the sounds /e(ː)/ and pronounced eoh (“horse”)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛖ byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn...

     The horse is for earls as a princely pleasure...

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]