(y) is not often used.
In the earlier or “Gothic” Alphabet, many of the letters are quite different.
Readings of the Inscriptions by Professors
Stephens, Munch, Rafn.
Plate VII.
No. I.
Thatir Vikinkr . . . a, kom, Vtir, Hir, til.
Thatir the Viking, came here to weary—(perhaps from the sea, or from battle.)