Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English | Old Norse | |
---|---|---|---|---|
*Tē₂waz | Tī/Tīr | Týr | ||
Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark | |
Unicode | ᛏ U+16CF | ᛏ U+16CF | ᛐ U+16D0 | |
Transliteration | t | |||
Transcription | t | t, d | ||
IPA | [t] | [t], [d] | ||
Position in rune-row | 17 | 12 |
The t-rune ᛏ is named after Týr, and was identified with this god. The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is *Tîwaz or *Teiwaz. Tiwaz rune was an ideographic symbol for a spear.[citation needed]