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{{short description|Runic alphabet letter}}
{{infobox rune
| lang1 = pg | lang2 = oe | lang3 = on
| name1 = '''*Isaz'''
| name2 = '''Īs'''
| name3 = '''Íss'''
| meaning13 = "[[ice]]"
| shape13 = [[File:Runic letter isaz.svg|x50px|class=skin-invert-image]]
| unicode hex13 = 16C1
| transliteration13 = '''i'''
| transcription13 = ''i''
| IPA13 = {{IPA|[i(ː)]}}
| position12 = 11
| position3 = 9
}}
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'''*Isaz'''  is the reconstructed [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] name of the ''i''-[[rune]] {{runic|ᛁ}}, meaning "[[ice]]". In the [[Younger Futhark]], it is called ''íss'' in [[Old Norse]]. As a rune of the [[Anglo-Saxon runes|Anglo-Saxon futhorc]], it is called ''is''.

The corresponding [[Gothic alphabet|Gothic letter]] is 𐌹 ''i'', named ''eis''.

The rune is recorded in all three [[rune poem]]s:

{| class="wikitable"
| '''Rune Poem:'''<ref>Original poems and translation from the [https://web.archive.org/web/19990501094729/http://www.ragweedforge.com/poems.html Rune Poem Page].</ref>
| '''English Translation:'''
|-
| 
'''[[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]]'''
<br />{{runic|ᛁ}} Is bẏþ oferceald, ungemetum slidor,
<br />glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust,
<br />flor forste geƿoruht, fæger ansẏne.
| 
<br />Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery;
<br />it glistens as clear as glass and most like to gems;
<br />it is a floor wrought by the frost, fair to look upon.
|- 
| 
'''[[Old Icelandic]]'''
<br />{{runic|ᛁ}} Íss er árbörkr
<br />ok unnar þak
<br />ok feigra manna fár.
| 
<br />Ice is bark of rivers
<br />and roof of the wave
<br />and destruction of the doomed. 
|-
| 
'''[[Old Norwegian]]'''
<br />{{runic|ᛁ}} Ís kǫllum brú bræiða;
<br />blindan þarf at læiða.
|
<br />Ice is called the broad bridge;
<br />the blind man must be led.
|}

==See also==
*[[Elder Futhark]]
*[[Younger Futhark]]
*[[Rune poem]]

== References ==
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