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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24-type Fuþark
(ca. AD to 9th c.)
28-type Fuþorc
(ca. 5th c. to 9th c.)
33-type Fuþorc
(ca. 8th c. to 12th c.)
16-type Fuþark
(ca. 8th c. to 11th c.)
Dotted Fuþark
(ca. 11th c. to 13th c.)
Medieval Fuþark
(ca. 13th c. to 16th c.)
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2nd types | – | ᚡ | ᚤ | ᚧ | ᚰ | ᚵ | ᚾ | ᛂ | ᛅ | ᛍ | ᛑ | ᛔ | ᛛ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3rd types | – | ᚯ | ᚶ | ᛀ | ᛎ | ᛕ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ö | ng | ɴ | z | ᴘ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alphabetical | – | ᛆ | ᛒ | ᛍ | ᛑ | ᚧ | ᛂ | ᚠ | ᚵ | ᚶ | ᚼ | ᛁ | ᛁ | ᚴ | ᛚ | ᛛ | ᛘ | ᚿ ᚾ | ᛀ | ᚮ | ᚰ | ᛔ | ᛕ | ᚴ | ᚱ | ᛋ | ᛐ | ᚦ | ᚢ | ᚡ ᚤ | ᚢ | ᚴᛋ | ᚤ ᛦ | ᛎ | ᚰ | ᛅ | ᚯ |
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