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Name	Proto-Germanic	Old English
	*Ehwaz	E(o)h
	"horse"
Shape	Elder Futhark	Futhorc
Shape
Unicode	ᛖ U+16D6
Transliteration	e
Transcription	e
IPA	[e(ː)]
Position in rune-row	19

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*Ehwaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark e rune ᛖ, meaning "horse" (cognate to Latin equus, Gaulish epos, Tocharian B yakwe, Sanskrit aśva, Avestan aspa and Old Irish ech). In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as ᛖ eh (properly eoh, but spelled without the diphthong to avoid confusion with ᛇ ēoh "yew").

The Proto-Germanic vowel system was asymmetric and unstable. The difference between the long vowels expressed by ᛖ e and ᛇ ï (sometimes transcribed as *ē₁ and *ē₂) was lost. The Younger Futhark continues neither, lacking a letter expressing e altogether. The Anglo-Saxon futhorc faithfully preserved all Elder futhorc staves, but assigned new sound values to the redundant ones, futhorc ēoh expressing a diphthong.

In the case of the Gothic alphabet, where the names of the runes were re-applied to letters derived from the Greek alphabet, the letter 𐌴 e was named aíƕus "horse" as well (note that in Gothic orthography, ⟨aí⟩ represents monophthongic /e/).

The rune may have been an original innovation, or it may have been adapted from the classical Latin alphabet's E.^{[citation needed]}

Anglo-Saxon rune poem

The Anglo-Saxon rune poem has:

ᛖ Eh bẏþ for eorlum æþelinga ƿẏn,

hors hofum ƿlanc, ðær him hæleþ ẏmb[e]

ƿelege on ƿicgum ƿrixlaþ spræce

and biþ unstẏllum æfre frofur.

"The horse is a joy to princes in the presence of warriors.

A steed in the pride of its hoofs,

when rich men on horseback bandy words about it;

and it is ever a source of comfort to the restless."

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+{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
-{{RunicChars}}
+{{Infobox rune
-[[Image:Runic letter ehwaz.png|framed|Ehwaz]]
+| lang1 = pg| lang2 = oe
+| name1 = '''*Ehwaz'''
+| name2 = '''E(o)h'''
+| meaning12 = "[[horse]]"
+| shape12 =[[File:Runic letter ehwaz.svg|x50px|]]
+| unicode hex12 =16D6
+| transliteration12 ='''e'''
+| transcription12 =''e''
+| IPA12 = {{IPA|[e(ː)]}}
+| position12 = 19
+}}
+{{Contains special characters|Runic}}
+'''{{lang|gem-x-proto|*Ehwaz}}''' is the reconstructed [[Proto-Germanic]] name of the [[Elder Futhark]] ''e'' [[rune]] {{Runic|ᛖ}}, meaning "[[horse]]" (cognate to Latin {{lang|la|[[Equus (genus)|equus]]}}, Gaulish {{lang|xtg|epos}}, Tocharian B {{lang|txb|yakwe}}, Sanskrit {{transliteration|sa|[[ashva|aśva]]}}, Avestan {{transliteration|ae|aspa}} and [[Old Irish]] {{lang|sga|ech}}). In the [[Anglo-Saxon runes|Anglo-Saxon futhorc]], it is continued as {{Runic|ᛖ}} {{lang|ang|eh}} (properly {{lang|ang|eoh}}, but spelled without the diphthong to avoid confusion with {{Runic|ᛇ}} {{lang|ang|[[Eihwaz|ēoh]]}} "yew").
+The Proto-Germanic vowel system was asymmetric and unstable. The difference between the long vowels expressed by {{Runic|ᛖ}} ''e'' and {{Runic|ᛇ}} ''ï'' (sometimes transcribed as {{lang|gem-x-proto|*ē<sub>1</sub>}} and {{lang|gem-x-proto|*ē<sub>2</sub>}}) was lost. The [[Younger Futhark]] continues neither, lacking a letter expressing ''e'' altogether. The Anglo-Saxon futhorc faithfully preserved all Elder futhorc staves, but assigned new sound values to the redundant ones, futhorc {{lang|ang|ēoh}} expressing a diphthong.
-'''Ehwaz''' is the reconstructed [[Proto-Germanic]] name of the [[Elder Futhark]] ''e'' [[rune]] {{runic|ᛖ}}, meaning "[[horse]]" (cognate to Latin ''[[equus]]'', Sanskrit ''[[ashva|aśva]]'' and [[Old Irish]] ''ech''). In the [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] [[Futhorc]], it is continued as {{runic|ᛖ}} ''eh'' (properly ''eoh'', but spelled without the diphthong to avoid confusion with  {{runic|ᛇ}} ''[[Eihwaz|ēoh]]'' "yew").
+In the case of the [[Gothic alphabet]], where the names of the runes were re-applied to letters derived from the Greek alphabet, the letter {{lang|got|𐌴}} ''e'' was named {{transliteration|got|aíƕus}} "horse" as well (note that in Gothic orthography, {{angbr|aí}} represents monophthongic /e/).
+The rune may have been an original innovation, or it may have been adapted from the [[History of the Latin alphabet#Classical Latin period|classical Latin alphabet's]] ''E''.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
+==Anglo-Saxon rune poem==
 The Anglo-Saxon [[rune poem]] has:
-:{{runic|ᛖ}} ''Eh byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn,''
+:{{Runic|ᛖ}} {{lang|ang|Eh bẏþ for eorlum æþelinga ƿẏn,}}
-:   ''hors hofum wlanc, ðær him hæleþ ymb[e]''
+:   {{lang|ang|hors hofum ƿlanc, ðær him hæleþ ẏmb[e]}}
-:   ''welege on wicgum wrixlaþ spræce''
+:   {{lang|ang|ƿelege on ƿicgum ƿrixlaþ spræce}}
-:   ''and biþ unstyllum æfre frofur.''
+:   {{lang|ang|and biþ unstẏllum æfre frofur.}}
 :"The horse is a joy to princes in the presence of warriors.
 :   A steed in the pride of its hoofs,
 :   when rich men on horseback bandy words about it;
 :   and it is ever a source of comfort to the restless."
-The Proto-Germanic vowel system was asymmetric and unstable. The difference between the vowels expressed by {{runic|ᛖ}} ''e'' and {{runic|ᛇ}} ''ï'' were lost. The [[Younger Futhark]] continues neither, lacking a letter expressing ''e'' altogether. The Anglo-Saxon Futhorc faithfully preserved all Elder Futhorc staves, but assigned new sound values to the redundant ones, Futhorc ''ēoh'' expressing a diphthong. In the case of the [[Gothic alphabet]], where the names of the runes were re-applied to letters derived from the Greek alphabet, the letter {{unicode|𐌴}} ''e'' was named ''aiƕus'' "horse" as well (note that in Gothic orthography, ''ai'' represents monophthongic /''e''/).
 {{Runes}}
 [[Category:Runes]]
-[[als:ᛖ]]
+{{Writingsystem-stub}}
-[[cs:Ehwaz]]
-[[de:Ehwaz]]
-[[fr:Ehwaz]]
-[[ru:Эваз]]