Vend (letter)
Vend (Ꝩ, ꝩ) is a letter of Old Norse. It was used to represent the sounds /u/, /v/, and /w/.
| Ꝩ | |
|---|---|
| Ꝩ ꝩ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
| Language of origin | Old Norse language |
| Phonetic usage | [u] [v] [w] /vɛnd/ |
| Unicode codepoint | U+A768, U+A769 |
| History | |
| Development | ᚹ
|
| Time period | ~800 to ~1200 |
| Descendants | None |
| Sisters | Ƿ ƿ |
| Transliteration equivalents | u, v, w |
| Other | |
| Other letters commonly used with | u, v, w |
| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
It was related to and probably derived from the Old English letter Wynn of the Runic alphabet (ᚹ) and later the Latin alphabet (Ƿ ƿ), except that the bowl was open on the top, not being connected to the stem, which made it somewhat resemble a letter Y. It was eventually replaced with v or u for most writings.
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