Vend is a letter of Old Norse. It was used to represent the sound /u/, /v/, and /w/.
It was related to and probably derived from the Old English letter Wynn (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.
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| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | |
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| Elder Fuþark: | ᚠ | ᚢ | ᚦ | ᚨ | ᚱ | ᚲ | ᚷ | ᚹ | ᚺ | ᚾ | ᛁ | ᛃ | ᛇ | ᛈ | ᛉ | ᛊ | ᛏ | ᛒ | ᛖ | ᛗ | ᛚ | ᛜ | ᛞ | ᛟ | ||||||
| Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc: | ᚠ | ᚢ | ᚦ | ᚩ o | ᚱ | ᚳ c | ᚷ ȝ | ᚹ | ᚻ | ᚾ | ᛁ | ᛄ | ᛇ eo | ᛈ | ᛉ x | ᛋ | ᛏ | ᛒ | ᛖ | ᛗ | ᛚ | ᛝ | ᛞ | ᛟ œ | ᚪ a | ᚫ æ | ᚣ y | ᛠ ea | ||
| Younger Fuþark: | ᚠ | ᚢ | ᚦ | ᚬ ą | ᚱ | ᚴ | ᚼ | ᚾ | ᛁ | ᛅ a | ᛋ | ᛏ | ᛒ | ᛘ | ᛚ | ᛦ ʀ | ||||||||||||||
| transliteration: | f | u | þ | a | r | k | g | w · | h | n | i | j | ï | p | z | s · | t | b | e | m | l | ŋ | d | o | ||||||
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