*Isaz is the reconstructed
Proto-Germanic name of the ''i''-
rune
Runes are the letter (alphabet), letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, a ...
, meaning "
ice". In the
Younger Futhark, it is called ''íss'' in
Old Norse. As a rune of the
Anglo-Saxon futhorc
The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo-Saxons happened wit ...
, it is called ''is''.
The corresponding
Gothic letter
Blackletter (sometimes black letter), also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule, or Textura, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century. It continued to be commonly used for the Danish, Norweg ...
is 𐌹 ''i'', named ''eis''.
The rune is recorded in all three
rune poems:
See also
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Elder Futhark
The Elder Futhark (or Fuþark), also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Peri ...
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Younger Futhark
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Rune poem
References
Runes
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