U+16C9, ᛉ
RUNIC LETTER ALGIZ EOLHX

[U+16C8]
Runic
[U+16CA]

Translingual

Etymology

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Possibly derived from the Old Italic letter ⟨𐌙⟩, pronounced as [kʰ], ultimately derived from Ancient Greek Ψ (Ps).

Letter

  1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Futhark (with reconstructed name *algiz (elk), English Algiz) representing /z/, and in the Anglo-Saxon fuþorc (called eolh) representing /ks/

Descendants

  • , (Younger Futhark)

Further reading

German

Etymology

From the interpretation as Lebensrune (life rune).

Symbol

  1. (obsolete, Nazism) born (replacing *)
    Coordinate term:

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ks/

Letter

(x)

  1. a letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /ks/ and pronounced eolh (elk)

See also