Wynn
Wynn or wyn (Ƿ ƿ; also spelled wen, win, ƿynn, ƿen, and ƿin) is a letter of the Old English alphabet, where it is used to represent the sound /w/.
| Ƿ | |
|---|---|
| Ƿ ƿ | |
| (See below) | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Futhorc |
| Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
| Language of origin | Old English |
| Phonetic usage | [w] /wɪn/ |
| Unicode codepoint | U+01F7, U+01BF |
| History | |
| Development | ᚹ
|
| Time period | ~700 to ~1100 |
| Descendants | Ꝩ ꝩ |
| Sisters | None |
| Transliteration equivalents | w |
| Variations | (See below) |
| Other | |
| Other letters commonly used with | w |
| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
| Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English |
|---|---|---|
| *Wunjō | Wynn | |
| "joy" | ||
| Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc |
| Unicode | ᚹ U+16B9 | |
| Transliteration | w | |
| Transcription | w | |
| IPA | [w] | |
| Position in rune-row | 8 | |
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