ᛢ, named cweorð, is a rune denoting q (the sound cluster ) in the 32-type Anglo-Saxon Futhorc writing system (9th–12th c.). The glyph is a ᛇ rune modified with creased twigs.
The rune is a so called "manuscript rune", as it is only recorded in manuscripts.
The character was added into unicode in 1999 with Unicode 3.0.
Etymology Jackson Crawford sees a potential link between the Anglo-Saxon rune names for ᛢ (q) and ᛈ (p) in comparison to their Gothic analogs:
Letter Anglo-Saxon Gothic P ᛈ peorð pertra (*paírþra) Q ᛢ cweorð quertra (*qaírþra)
These may be borrowings from Celtic tree names originally, and then maybe byforms of one root form for a certain type of tree.
References
External links
https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+16E2