Ur (rune)

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Ur is the recorded name for the rune ᚢ in both Old English and Old Norse, found as the second rune in all futharks (runic alphabets starting with F, U, Þ, Ą, R, K), i.e. the Germanic Elder Futhark, the Anglo-Frisian Futhorc and the Norse Younger Futhark, with continued use in the later medieval runes, early modern runes and Dalecarlian runes. It corresponds to the letter u in the Latin alphabet, but also carries other sound values, especially in Younger Futhark, where its sound values correspond to the vowels: [u] , [ø] , [y] and [œ] etc., and the consonants: [v] and [w] etc., in the Latin alphabet. The rune is recorded in all rune poem traditions, where its name is given different meanings. Old English has the meaning of "aurochs" (lit. 'ur-ox'), while the Norse poems has the meaning of precipitation (in the Norwegian poem "sparks", a type of figurative "rain").

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