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Definition 2024



One form of the letter.
U+16A6, ᚦ
RUNIC LETTER THURISAZ THURS THORN

[U+16A5]
Runic
[U+16A7]

Translingual

Letter

  1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Fuþark, the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (called þorn), and the Younger Fuþark (called þurs), representing /θ/ or /ð/ and associated with a giant (in the Old Norwegian and Old Icelandic rune poems) or a thorn (in the Anglo-Saxon one).