Meaning

1. a letter of the expanded Old English runic alphabet, representing the sounds /i(ː)o/. Likely epigraphically related to or derived from (j)

   byþ ēafix ā and þēah ā brūceþ fōdres on foldan; hafaþ fæġerne eard wǣtre beworpen þǣr hē wynnum leofaþ.

   Ior is always a river fish and yet ever enjoys Food from the land; he has a fair dwelling Covered with water where he lives in joy.

   1967, Frederick George Jones, Jr., The Old English Rune Poem, An Edition, pages 77, 84: