*Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed
Proto-Germanic
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Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic br ...
name of the ''h''-
rune
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, meaning "
hail
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" (the precipitation).
In the
Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as ''hægl'', and, in the Younger Futhark, as ''hagall''. The corresponding
Gothic letter
Blackletter (sometimes black letter), also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule, or Textura, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century. It continued to be commonly used for the Danish, Norwe ...
is 𐌷 ''h'', named ''hagl''.
The Elder Futhark letter has two variants, single-barred and double-barred . 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
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One of the oldest Christograms is th ...
on
St Cuthbert's coffin
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.
Haglaz is recorded in all three rune poems:
See also
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Elder Futhark
The Elder Futhark (or Fuþark), also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Peri ...
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Rune poem
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Hagal (Armanen rune)
References
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