<P> Æ (minuscule: æ) is a grapheme named æsc or ash, formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae . It has been promoted to the full status of a letter in the alphabets of some languages, including Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese . As a letter of the Old English Latin alphabet, it was called æsc ("ash tree") after the Anglo - Saxon futhorc rune ᚫ () which it transliterated; its traditional name in English is still ash / æʃ / . It was also used in Old Swedish before being changed to ä . Variants include Ǣ ǣ Ǽ ǽ æ̀ . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains special characters . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

What is the name of the ae symbol