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==Translingual==

===Etymology===
Unknown. Compare [[N]].

===Letter===
{{mul-letter|sc=Runr}}

# 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 {{IPAchar|/n/}} and associated with [[need]] and [[distress]].

====Related terms====
* {{l|mul|ᚿ}} (Younger Futhark short-twig variant)

==Old English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|n}}

===Letter===
{{head|ang|letter}}

# the tenth letter of the [[Old English]] runic alphabet, representing {{IPAchar|/n/}} and pronounced {{m|ang|nēod|t=desire, need}}
#* [https://archive.org/details/oldenglishrunepo00jonerich/page/75/mode/2up?view=theater The Old English rune poem]
#*: {{quote|ang|''ᚾ byþ nearu on brēostan...''|Need is oppressive to the heart...}}

===See also===
* {{list:Runic script letters/ang}}