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Attested
Found in inscriptions or medieval manuscripts.
Tīwaz is the seventeenth rune of the Elder Futhark and writes the sound /t/.
The Norwegian and Icelandic poems name this rune týr and describe the one-handed god Týr; the Icelandic poem calls him the leavings of the wolf. The Old English poem calls it tīr and describes a guiding star that keeps faith with princes and never fails in the night.
Reconstructed
Scholarly reconstruction from linguistic evidence.
The Proto-Germanic name is reconstructed as *tīwaz, the name of the god later known as Týr in Old Norse and Tīw in Old English.
In practice today
How people use this rune now, in divination, magic, and devotion. Valid in its own right, and labeled modern so it isn’t mistaken for history.
In Ralph Blum's modern divination system, this rune (spelled Teiwaz) is read as the warrior.
Misused by hate groups
Where hate groups have taken this rune, so you can recognize it.
The Nazis used this rune for the leadership schools of the SA and for a Waffen-SS division. Neo-Nazis and other white supremacists still use it, often as a "warrior rune." Some neo-pagans also use it, so any particular use has to be read in context.
Practice today: wyrd, galdr, and other old words people use when working with the runes now.