ᛅᚢᚴ

Old Norse

Alternative forms
  • ᚢᚴ, ᚮᚴ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Old English ēac, Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ōk, Old High German ouh, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).

Conjunction

ᛅᚢᚴ (ᴀuk) (Latin script auk)

  1. and
    • 11th century Uppland Runic Inscription 80
      ×ᛅᚾᛏᚢᚽᛏᚱ×ᛅᚢᚴ᛭ᚴᚽᚱᚦᛅᚱ᛭ᛚᛁᛏᚢ×ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛅ×ᚱᚢᚾᛅᚱ×ᚦᛁᛋᛅ×ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ×ᛋᚢᛅᛁᚾ×ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱᛋᛁᚾ×ᛅᚢᚴ×ᚴᛅᛏᛁᛚᚢᛁ×ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ×ᛒᚢᛅᚾᛏᛅᛋᛁᚾ᛭
      Andvettr ok Gærðarr letu rista runaʀ þessaʀ æftiʀ Svæin, faður sinn, ok Kætilvi æftiʀ boanda sinn.
      Andvéttr and Gerðarr had these runes carved in memory of Sveinn, their father; and Ketilvé in memory of her husbandman.

Descendants
  • Icelandic: og
  • Faroese: og
  • Norwegian: og, òg, au
  • Old Swedish: ok, och, ogh
  • Elfdalian: og
  • Danish: og
  • Westrobothnian: åg
  • Jamtish: og
  • → Middle English: oc, ok
    • ⇒ Scots: okname, ockname
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