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Ansuz (rune)
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One of the gods
Ansuz is the conventional name given to the a-rune of the Elder Futhark, ᚨ. The name is based on Common Germanic *ansuz "a god, one of the main deities in Germanic paganism".
Represents the letter A in elder futhark, but evolves to O in young futhark.
the unicode is U+16A8
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Graphical characteristics:
Asymmetric, Open shape, Monochrome, Contains straight lines, Has no crossing lines.
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Ansuz (rune) is part of the Alphabets, Runic Alphabet groups.
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