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The rune ass, meaning Aesir, i.e. the chief gods of pagan Scandinavia, later oss, meaning rapids or waterfall, from the Nordic rune alphabet. It was also carved  , probably a mixup, and  .
A similar structure has been found on the neck of a man-shaped figure of a god painted on a rock face in the Sahara and said to be prehistoric. On that rock painting  is associated with  .
In the Viking age the sign was associated with the god Loke, something of a death god; with the mouth and with mouths in general, whether of rivers or other entities; and with signals.
The sign stands for Thursdays on the medieval clog almanacs.
Refer to  , below, which, as well as , was sometimes carved .
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