Misplaced Pages

Laguz

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Runic alphabet letter
NameProto-GermanicOld EnglishOld Norse
*Laguz/*LaukazLaguLögr
"lake"/"leek""ocean, sea""water, waterfall"
ShapeElder FutharkFuthorcYounger Futhark
Unicodeᛚ U+16DA
Transliterationl
Transcriptionl
IPA
Position in
rune-row
2115
This article contains runic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of runes.

*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 name of the corresponding Gothic letter (𐌻, l) is attested as laaz in the Codex Vindobonensis 795; a normalized (Ulfilan) Gothic form *lagus is thought to underlie this unconventional spelling.

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: English Translation:

Old Norwegian

ᛚ Lögr er, fællr ór fjalle foss;
en gull ero nosser.

A waterfall is a River which falls from a mountain-side;
but ornaments are of gold.

Old Icelandic

ᛚ Lögr er vellanda vatn
ok viðr ketill
ok glömmungr grund.
lacus lofðungr.

Water is eddying stream
and broad geysir
and land of the fish.

Anglo-Saxon

ᛚ Lagu bẏþ leodum langsum geþuht,
gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum
and hi sæẏþa sƿẏþe bregaþ
and se brimhengest bridles ne gẏm.

The ocean seems interminable to men,
if they venture on the rolling bark
and the waves of the sea terrify them
and the stallion of the deep heed not its bridle.

See also

References

  1. Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page Archived 1999-05-01 at the Wayback Machine.
Runes
Germanic Elder Futhark
24-type Fuþark
(ca. AD to 9th c.)
Normalized
Variations




f
u
y
þ
ð
a
ã
r k g ƿ
v
h n i j ï
é
p z
ʀ
s t b e
ɛ
m l ŋ d
ð
o
å
ö
Anglo-Frisian Futhorc
28-type Fuþorc
(ca. 5th c. to 9th c.)
Normalized
Variations

 

 
   
f
u
o
þ
ð
o
å
ö
r c
k
ɧ
ɕ
ȝ
g
ŋ
k
ƿ/v h n i j ï
é
ēo
p x s t b e
ɛ
m l ŋ d œ
oe
ōe
a æ y ea
æa
Later Anglo-Saxon Futhorc
33-type Fuþorc
(ca. 8th c. to 12th c.)
Normalized
Variations

 

 
f
u
o
þ
ð
o
å
ö
r c
k
ɧ
ɕ
ȝ
g
ŋ
k
ƿ/v h n i j ï
é
ēo
p x s t b e
ɛ
m l ŋ d œ
oe
ōe
a æ
y
y īa
īo
ea
æa
q k st

ck

kk
Norse Younger Futhark
16-type Fuþark
(ca. 8th c. to 11th c.)
Long-Branch
Short-Twig
f
u
y/ö
o
v/w
þ
ð
ą
o
å/ǫ
r k
g
ŋ
h n i
j
e
a
ä
s
z
t
d
b
p
m l ʀ
Later Younger Futhark
Stung Fuþark
(ca. 11th c. to 13th c.)
Regular
f u
o
w
þ o
å/ǫ
r k h n i
j
a
ä
s
z
t b m l y
ʀ
Stung
v y
ö
ð g
ŋ
ɴ e
ä
d p ʟ
Medieval runes
Medieval Fuþark
(ca. 13th c. to 18th c.)
1st types
f u
w
þ o r k
q
h
x
n i
j
a s t b m l y
2nd types
v y
v
ð ǫ
å
g n e ä c
z
d p ʟ y
3rd types
ö ng ɴ z
c
4th types
x
Alphabetical
amalgamation








a b c d ð e f g ŋ h i j k l ʟ m n ɴ o ǫ p q r s t þ u v w x y z å ä ö
Dalecarlian runes
Dalecarlian alphabet
(ca. 16th c. to 19th c.)
Alphabetical
(incomplete)
𐋐 ᛋᛌ Å
a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t u x y z å ä ö
See also
Runic inscriptions interactive map
Runic inscriptions
Rune Poems
Runestones
Runic magic
Modern runic writing
Pseudo-runes
Staveless runes


Stub icon

This writing system–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: