Laguz

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NameProto-GermanicOld EnglishOld Norse
*Laguz/*LaukazLaguLögr
"lake"/"leek""ocean, sea""water, waterfall"
ShapeElder FutharkFuthorcYounger Futhark
Runic letter laukaz.svg
Unicode
U+16DA
Transliterationl
Transcriptionl
IPA[l]
Position in
rune-row
2115

*Laguz or *Laukaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l-rune , *laguz meaning "water" or "lake" and *laukaz meaning "leek". In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, it is called lagu "ocean". In the Younger Futhark, the rune is called lögr "waterfall" in Icelandic and logr "water" in Norse.

The corresponding Gothic letter is