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Kaunan
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Kaunan
The k-rune ᚲ (Younger Futhark ᚴ, Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᚳ) is called Kaun in both the Norwegian and Icelandic rune poems, meaning "ulcer". The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is Kaunan. It is also known as Kenaz ("torch"), based on its Anglo-Saxon name.
The Elder Futhark shape is likely directly based on Old Italic c 
𐌂 / Latin C. The Younger Futhark / Futhorc shapes have parallels in Old Italic shapes of k 
𐌊, Latin K (compare the Negau helmet inscription). The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌺 k, called kusma.
- Norwegian:
- ᚴ Kaun er barna bǫlvan;
- bǫl gørver nán fǫlvan.
- Ulcer is fatal to children;
- death makes a corpse pale.
- Icelandic (glossed as Latin flagella "whip"):
- ᚴ Kaun er barna böl
- ok bardaga [för]
- ok holdfúa hús.
- flagella konungr.
- Disease fatal to children
- and painful spot
- and abode of mortification.
The Anglo-Saxon rune poem gives the name cen "torch":
- ᚳ Cen byþ cwicera gehwam, cuþ on fyre
- blac ond beorhtlic, byrneþ oftust
- ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ.
- The torch is known to every living man
- by its pale, bright flame; it always burns
- where princes sit within.
| Runes | see also: Rune poems · Runestones · Runology · Runic divination | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||