Laguz
Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English | Old Norse |
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*Laguz/*Laukaz | Lagu | Lögr | |
"lake"/"leek" | "ocean, sea" | "water, waterfall" | |
Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark |
Unicode | ᛚ U+16DA | ||
Transliteration | l | ||
Transcription | l | ||
IPA | [l] | ||
Position in rune-row | 21 | 15 |
*Laguz or *Laukaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l-rune ᛚ, *laguz meaning "water" or "lake" and *laukaz meaning "leek". In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, it is called lagu "ocean". In the Younger Futhark, the rune is called lögr "waterfall" in Icelandic and logr "water" in Norse.
The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌻 l, named lagus. The rune is identical in shape to the letter l in the Raetic alphabet.
The "leek" hypothesis is based not on the rune poems, but rather on early inscriptions where the rune has been hypothesized to abbreviate *laukaz, a symbol of fertility, see the Bülach fibula.
Rune Poem:[1] | English Translation: |
ᛚ Lögr er, fællr ór fjalle foss; | A waterfall is a River which falls from a mountain-side; |
ᛚ Lögr er vellanda vatn | Water is eddying stream |
ᛚ Lagu bẏþ leodum langsum geþuht, | The ocean seems interminable to men, |
See also
References
- ^ Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page Archived 1999-05-01 at the Wayback Machine.
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Elder Futhark | ᚠ | ᚢ | ᚦ | ᚨ | ᚱ | ᚲ | ᚷ | ᚹ | ᚺ | ᚾ | ᛁ | ᛃ | ᛇ | ᛈ | ᛉ | ᛊ | ᛏ | ᛒ | ᛖ | ᛗ | ᛚ | ᛜ | ᛟ (o) | ᛞ | |||||||||||||
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Old English Futhorc | ᚠ | ᚢ | ᚦ | ᚩ (o) | ᚱ | ᚳ (c) | ᚷ (ȝ) | ᚹ | ᚻ | ᚾ | ᛁ | ᛄ | ᛇ | ᛈ | ᛢ | ᛉ (x) | ᛋ | ᛏ | ᛒ | ᛖ | ᛗ | ᛚ | ᛝ | ᛟ | ᛞ | ᚪ | ᚫ | ᚣ | ᛡ | ᛠ | ᛣ | ᛤ | ᛥ | ᚸ | |||
Younger Futhark | ᚠ | ᚢ | ᚦ | ᚬ (ą) | ᚱ | ᚴ | ᚼ | ᚾ | ᛁ | ᛦ (ʀ) | ᛋ | ᛏ | ᛒ | ᛘ | ᛚ | ᛅ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medieval | ᚠ | ᚡ | ᚢ | ᚦ | ᚧ | ᚮ | ᚱ | ᚴ | ᚵ | ᚼ | ᚿ ᛀ | ᛁ | ᛂ | ᛕ ᛔ | ᛩ | ᛪ (x) | ᛌ | ᛐ | ᛒ | ᛘ | ᛚ ᛛ | ᚶ | ᚯ | ᛑ | ᛆ | ᛅ | ᚤ ᛦ | ||||||||||
Transliteration | f | v | u | þ | ð | a | r | k | ġ | w | h | n | i | j | ï | p | q | z | s | t | b | e | m | l | ŋ | œ | d | a | æ | y | io | ea | k | k̄ | st | g |
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