Algiz
Sign in to saveAlgiz (also Elhaz) is the name conventionally given to the "z-rune" of the Elder Futhark runic alphabet. Its transliteration is z, understood as a phoneme of the Proto-Germanic language, the terminal *z continuing Proto-Indo-European terminal *s via Verner's law.
Key facts
- Rune.name2
- Eolhx?
- Rune.name3
- Yr
- Rune.lang1
- pg
- Rune.lang2
- oe
- Rune.lang3
- on
- Rune.name1
- Algiz?
- Rune.meaning1
- "elk"(?)
- Rune.meaning2
- "elk-sedge"
- Rune.meaning3
- "yew"
- Rune.shape12
- x50px|class=skin-invert-image
- Rune.shape3
- x50px|class=skin-invert-image
- Rune.unicode hex12
- 16C9
- Rune.unicode hex3a
- 16E6
- Rune.unicode hex3b
- 16E7
- Rune.unicode hex3c
- 16E8
- Rune.transliteration1
- z
- Rune.transliteration2
- x
- Rune.transliteration3a
- ʀ, y
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Name
- {{runic|ᛉ}} – Elder Futhaark
- {{runic|ᛉ}} – Anglo-Saxon futhorc
- {{runic|ᛦ}} – Younger Futhark
- Derivatives
- {{runic|ᛘ}} – Younger Futhark
- {{runic|ᛣ}} – Anglo-Saxon
- Modern usage
- "Life rune" and "death rune"
- Nazism
- Pop culture
- Contemporary neopaganism
- Contemporary fascism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
Algiz (also Elhaz) is the name conventionally given to the "z-rune" of the Elder Futhark runic alphabet. Its transliteration is z, understood as a phoneme of the Proto-Germanic language, the terminal *z continuing Proto-Indo-European terminal *s via Verner's law.
It is one of two runes which express a phoneme that does not occur word-initially, and thus could not be named acrophonically, the other being the ŋ-rune Ingwaz . As the terminal *-z phoneme marks the nominative singular suffix of masculine nouns, the rune occurs comparatively frequently in early epigraphy.