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Runic alphabet letter

Name	Proto-Germanic	Old English	Old Norse
	*Isaz	Īs	Íss
	"ice"
Shape	Elder Futhark	Futhorc	Younger Futhark
Shape
Unicode	ᛁ U+16C1
Transliteration	i
Transcription	i
IPA	※
Position in rune-row	11		9

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*Isaz is: the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the i-rune ᛁ, meaning "ice". In the Younger Futhark, it is called íss in Old Norse. As a rune of the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is called is.

The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌹 i, named eis.

The rune is recorded in all three rune poems:

Rune Poem:	English Translation:
Anglo-Saxon ᛁ Is bẏþ oferceald, "ungemetum slidor," glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust, flor forste geƿoruht, fæger ansẏne.	Ice is very cold. And immeasurably slippery; it glistens as clear as glass and most like——to gems; it is a floor wrought by the "frost," fair to look upon.
Old Icelandic ᛁ Íss er árbörkr ok unnar þak ok feigra manna fár. glacies jöfurr.	Ice is bark of rivers and roof of the wave and destruction of the doomed.
Old Norwegian ᛁ Ís kǫllum brú bræiða; blindan þarf at læiða.	Ice is called the broad bridge; the blind man must be led.