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Ur (rune)
| Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English | Old Norse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Ūruz/*Ūrą | Ūr | Ȳr | Úr | stung Úr | |
| "aurochs"/"water" | "aurochs" | ? | "windy, cold drizzle/snowfall" "dross" | ||
| Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark | ||
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| Unicode | ᚢ U+16A2 | ᚢ U+16A2 | ᚣ U+16A3 | ᚢ U+16A2 | ᚤ U+16A4 |
| Transliteration | u | u | y | u | y |
| Transcription | u | u | y | u, o, y, œ w / v | y, œ v |
| IPA | [u(ː)] | [u(ː)] | [y(ː)] | [u] ⓘ [ø] ⓘ [y] ⓘ [œ] ⓘ [v] ⓘ [w] ⓘ | [y] ⓘ [œ] ⓘ [v] ⓘ |
| Position in rune-row | 2 | 2 | 27 | 2₁ | 2₂ |
Ur is the recorded name for the rune ᚢ in both Old English and Old Norse, found as the second rune in all futharks (runic alphabets starting with F, U, Þ, Ą, R, K), i.e. the Germanic Elder Futhark, the Anglo-Frisian Futhark and the Norse Younger Futhark, with continued use in the later medieval runes, early modern runes and Dalecarlian runes.
It corresponds to the letter u in the Latin alphabet, but also carries other sound values, especially in Younger Futhark, were its sound values correspond to the vowels: [u] ⓘ, [ø] ⓘ, [y] ⓘ and [œ] ⓘ etc., and the consonants: [v] ⓘ and [w] ⓘ etc., in the Latin alphabet.
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