U+A761 "ꝡ" Latin Small Letter Vy Unicode Character

U+A761 "ꝡ" Latin Small Letter Vy is a medieval Latin letter used primarily in Old Norse and Old English texts, representing a sound similar to a voiced bilabial fricative or the English "v" sound, often functioning as a variant or ligature of "u" and "v" in early manuscripts. It belongs to the Latin Extended-D block, which contains characters for historical and scholarly orthographies, and its uppercase counterpart is U+A760 "Ꝡ" Latin Capital Letter Vy. This letter appears in philological works, such as editions of Norse sagas or Anglo-Saxon documents, to accurately transcribe the original script of these languages before standardized spelling was adopted.