Án

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

án Old Icelandic word can mean:

án

prep. without;

án

1) with gen.; þess máttu Gautar illa án vera, they could not well do without it; án allrar vægðar, without any mercy;

án

2) with dat.; án e-s ráði, without (against) his will; án afláti, incessantly;

án

3) with acc.; án alla flærð, without any deceit; án leyfi, without leave.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾ