eldertongue

Old English · letter

Part of speech
letter
IPA
/d/
Syllables
d (1 syllable)
Modern English
twenty-

Meaning

  1. the twenty-(third/fourth) letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing the sound /d/ and pronounced dæġ (“day”)

    byþ Drihtnes sond dēore mannum...

    Day is the Lord's message, dear to men...

    The Old English rune poem

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