Dagaz
# Dagaz

| Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English |
| - | - | - |
| Name | *Dagaz | Dæg |
| Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc |
| Unicode | ᛞ U+16DE | ᛞ U+16DE |
| Transliteration | d | d |
| Transcription | d | d |
| IPA | [ð] | [d] |
| Position in rune-row | 23 or 24 | 23 or 24 |

The Dev 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.

## Rune poems

The name is only recorded in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, since the rune was lost in the Younger Futhark:

| Rune Poem: | English Translation: |
| - | - |
| Anglo-Saxon ᛞ 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. |

## 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.

