Ansuz (rune)

Ansuz ( ᚨ ) the fourth rune of the Elder Futhark runic alphabet and the Old Norse with the phonetic value of a reconstructed Proto-Germanic, the name means " Ase " and appears in the runic poems OSS as Old Norse, Old English OS or gothic aza.

Phonetic value

In the Younger Futhark, the phonetic value changed to / o /, which is also reflected in the rune poems. Maybe he was originally between / a / and / o /.

The transcription is usually done by the Latin letters a and in the Younger Futhark by ±.

Variants

The Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc used alongside Ós ( ᚩ ) with the phonetic value of / o / in the same position two additional, derived from Ansuz runes, namely AC ( ᚪ ) with the phonetic value of / a / and AESC ( ᚫ ) with the phonetic value of / æ /.

Encoding

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