ᚨᚾ

Proto-Norse

Alternative forms

• ᚨᚾᚨ (ana)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-.

Preposition

ᚨᚾ (an)

1. (+dative) on
   • 5th-6th century, Tjurkö 1 bracteate

     ᚹᚢᚱᛏᛖᚱᚢᚾᛟᛉᚨᚾᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᚲᚢᚱᚾᛖ··ᚺᛖᛚᛞᚨᛉᚲᚢᚾᛁᛗᚢᛞᛁᚢ···
     wurterunozanwalhakurne··heldazkunimudiu···

     wurtē runōz an walhakurnē Heldaz Kunimundiu

     Heldaz wrought the runes on the foreign/Roman grain [the gold] for Kunimunduz.

Descendants

• Old Norse: á
  • Icelandic: á
  • Faroese: á
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: å (dialectal)
  • Elfdalian: ą̊
  • Old Swedish: ā
    • Swedish: å, a (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: ā
    • Danish: å (dialectal)