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Ƿ | |
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Ƿ ƿ | |
(See below) | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Futhorc |
Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
Language of origin | Old English |
Phonetic usage | [w] /wɪn/ |
Unicode codepoint | U+01F7, U+01BF |
History | |
Development | ᚹ
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Time period | ~700 to ~1100 |
Descendants | Ꝩ ꝩ |
Sisters | Ꝩ ꝩ |
Transliteration equivalents | w |
Variations | (See below) |
Other | |
Other letters commonly used with | w |
Writing direction | Left-to-right |
Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English |
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*Wunjō | Wynn | |
"joy" | ||
Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc |
Unicode | ᚹ U+16B9 | |
Transliteration | w | |
Transcription | w | |
IPA | [w] | |
Position in rune-row | 8 |
Wynn or wyn[1] (Ƿ ƿ; also spelled wen, win, ƿynn, ƿen, and ƿin) is a letter of the Old English alphabet, where it is used to represent the sound /w/.
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