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Name Proto-Germanic Anglo-Saxon Old Norse *Haǥ(a)laz Hægl Hagall "hail" Shape Elder Futhark Futhorc Younger Futhark Unicode ᚺ ᚻ U+16BA U+16BB ᚼ U+16BC ᚽ U+16BD Transliteration h Transcription h IPA [h] Position in rune-row 9 7

Various forms of the haglaz rune in the elder futhark.

*Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h-rune ᚺ, meaning "hail" (the precipitation).

In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as haegl and in the Younger Futhark as ᚼ hagall The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌷 h, named hagl.

The Elder Futhark letter has two variants, single-barred ᚺ and double-barred ᚻ. The double-barred variant is found in continental inscriptions while Scandinavian inscriptions have exclusively the single-barred variant.

The Anglo-Frisian futhorc in early inscriptions has the Scandinavian single-barred variant. From the 7th century, it is replaced by the continental double-barred variant, the first known instances being found on a Harlingen solidus (ca,. 575–625), and in the Christogram on St. Cuthbert's coffin.

Haglaz is recorded in all three rune poems:

[edit] See also

Look up *haglaz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Elder Futhark
• Rune poem
• Hagal (Armanen rune)

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