Dagaz

{{Short description|Runic character}}

{{More citations needed|date=September 2008}}

{{Infobox rune

| lang1 = pg | lang2 = oe

| name1 = *Dagaz

| name2 = Dæg

| shape12 = File:Runic letter dagaz.svg

| unicode hex12 = 16DE

| transliteration12 = d

| transcription12 = d

| IPA1 = {{IPA|[ð]}}

| IPA2 = {{IPA|[d]}}

| position12 = 23 or 24

}}

{{Contains special characters|Runic}}

The d rune (ᛞ) is called dæg "day" in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem. The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet 𐌳 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.David Stifter, "Lepontische Studien: Lexicon Leponticum und die Funktion von san im Lepontischen", in: Akten des 5. Deutschsprachigen Keltologensymposiums, Zürich, 7.–10. September 2009. Hrsgg. Karin Stüber et al. [= Keltische Forschungen, Allgemeine Buchreihe A1], Wien: Praesens Verlag 2010, 359–374 The rune may have been an original innovation, or it may have been adapted from the Rhaetic's alphabet's D.{{Citation | publisher = Uni Frankfurt | last = Gippert | first = Jost | url = http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/didact/idg/germ/runealph.htm | title = The Development of Old Germanic Alphabets | access-date = 2007-03-21 | archive-date = 2021-02-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210225051327/http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/didact/idg/germ/runealph.htm | url-status = live }}.