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Dagaz
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The d rune (ᛞ) is called dæg "day" in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem. The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet 𐌳 d is called dags. This rune is also part of the Elder Futhark, with a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name *dagaz.

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Dagaz
Rune.lang1
pg
Rune.lang2
oe
Rune.name2
Dæg
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Rune.unicode hex12
16DE
Rune.transliteration12
d
Rune.transcription12
d
Rune.position12
23 or 24

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The d rune (ᛞ) is called dæg "day" in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem. The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet 𐌳 d is called dags. This rune is also part of the Elder Futhark, with a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name *dagaz.

Its "butterfly" shape is possibly derived from Lepontic san. The rune may have been an original innovation, or it may have been adapted from the Rhaetic's alphabet's D.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dagaz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.