Dagaz
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The d rune (ᛞ) is called Daeg "day" in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem. The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet ᛞ d is called dags. This rune stave is also part of the Elder Futhark, with a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name *dagaz.
Its "butterfly" shape is possibly derived from Lepontic san.
[edit] Rune poems
The name is only recorded in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, since the rune was lost in the Younger Futhark:
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Anglo-Saxon
ᛞ Dæg byþ drihtnes sond, deore mannum,
mære metodes leoht, myrgþ and tohiht
eadgum and earmum, eallum brice.
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Day, the glorious light of the Creator, is sent by the Lord;
it is beloved of men, a source of hope and happiness to rich and poor,
and of service to all.
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[edit] Inscriptions
On runic inscription Ög 43 in Ingelstad, one Dagaz rune is translated using the Old Norse word for "day" as the personal name Dagr.[2]
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