| Lang1: | pg |
| Lang2: | oe |
| Name1: |
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| Name2: | Dæg |
| Unicode Hex12: | 16DE |
| Transliteration12: | d |
| Transcription12: | d |
| Ipa1: | pronounced as /[ð]/ |
| Ipa2: | pronounced as /[d]/ |
| Position12: | 23 or 24 |
The d rune (ᛞ) is called dæg "day" in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem. The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet d is called dags. This rune is also part of the Elder Futhark, with a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name *dagaz.
Its "butterfly" shape is possibly derived from Lepontic san.[1] The rune may have been an original innovation, or it may have been adapted from the Rhaetic's alphabet's D.[2]
The name is only recorded in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, since the rune was lost in the Younger Futhark:
| Rune Poem:[3] | English Translation: | |
| Anglo-Saxon Dæg bẏþ drihtnes sond, deore mannum, mære metodes leoht, mẏrgþ and tohiht eadgum and earmum, eallum brice. | 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. |
On runic inscription Ög 43 in Ingelstad, one Dagaz rune is translated using the Old Norse word for "day" as the personal name Dagr.[4]