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Attested
Found in inscriptions or medieval manuscripts.
Dagaz writes the sound /d/. It is one of the last two runes of the Elder Futhark, and inscriptions disagree on their order: the Kylver stone ends with d then o, while the sixth-century Vadstena and Mariedamm bracteates end with o then d.
Only the Old English poem includes this rune. It calls it dæg, the day, the Lord's messenger, whose light brings hope and joy to rich and poor alike.
Reconstructed
Scholarly reconstruction from linguistic evidence.
The Proto-Germanic name is reconstructed as *dagaz, "day."
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 Dagaz) is read as breakthrough.
Practice today: wyrd, galdr, and other old words people use when working with the runes now.