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<table><tbody><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="3">Name</th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Proto-Germanic_language/LJrKRx5A">Proto-Germanic</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Old_English/9rsmQG2a">Old English</a></th></tr><tr><td>*Wunjō</td><td>Wynn</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">"joy"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="2">Shape</th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Elder_Futhark/9KfAExKa">Elder Futhark</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Anglo-Saxon_runes/XNUo4zMb">Futhorc</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Runic_(Unicode_block)/ppIPQL3T">Unicode</a></th><td colspan="2">ᚹ U+16B9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Runic_transliteration_and_transcription/gGwVyD2a">Transliteration</a></th><td colspan="2">w</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Transcription</th><td colspan="2"><i>w</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">IPA</a></th><td colspan="2">[w]</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Position inrune-row</th><td colspan="2">8</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Wynn or wyn (<i>Ƿ ƿ</i>; also spelled wen, win, ƿynn, ƿyn, ƿen, and ƿin) is a letter of the <a href="/facts/Old_English_Latin_alphabet/WRGTEmps">Old English alphabet</a>, where it is used to represent the sound /w/. </p>