Kaunan Kaunan Point Fortin Category="Runes"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.
ᚴ Kaun er barna bǫlvan;
bǫl gørver nán fǫlvan.
Ulcer is fatal to children;
death makes a corpse pale.
ᚴ Kaun er barna böl
ok bardaga [för]
ok holdfúa hús.
flagella konungr.
Disease fatal to children
and painful spot
and abode of mortification.

In scenarios that assume a system of divination surrounding the Old Futhark, this is clearly seen as one of the less auspicious runes.

The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌺 k, called kusma.

The Anglo-Saxon rune poem gives a name cen "torch", probably because the original name was no longer understood:

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.

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