Old English · letter
- Part of speech
- letter
- IPA
- /u(ː)/
- Syllables
- u(ː) (1 syllable)
Meaning
the second letter of the Anglo-Frisian (5th–9th c.) and Old English (9th–13th c.) runic alphabet, representing /u(ː)/ and pronounced ūr (“aurochs”)
(ūr) byþ ānmōd and oferhyrnded...
(the aurochs) is steadfast and great-horned...
9th c., The Old English rune poem:
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