Vend (letter)
| Ꝩ | |
|---|---|
| Ꝩ ꝩ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
| Language of origin | Old Norse language |
| Sound values | [u] [v] [w] /vɛnd/ |
| In Unicode | U+A768, U+A769 |
| History | |
| Development | ᚹ
|
| Time period | ~1100 to ~1200 |
| Descendants | None |
| Sisters | Ƿ ƿ |
| Transliterations | u, v, w |
| Other | |
| Associated graphs | u, v, w |
| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
Vend (Ꝩ, ꝩ) is a letter of Old Norse. It was used to represent the sounds /u/, /v/, and /w/.
It was related to and probably derived from the Old English letter Wynn of the Runic alphabet (ᚹ) and later the Latin alphabet (Ƿ ƿ), except that the bowl was open on the top, not being connected to the stem, which made it somewhat resemble a letter Y. It was eventually replaced with v or u for most writings.