eldertongue

Old English · letter

Part of speech
letter
IPA
/l/
Syllables
l (1 syllable)
Modern English
lagutwenty-first

Meaning

  1. the twenty-first letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing the sound /l/ and pronounced lagu (“sea”)

    byþ lēodum langsum ġeþūht...

    Sea is by princes thought long-enduring...

    The Old English rune poem

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