*Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed
Proto-Germanic
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Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...
name of the ''h''-
rune
Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets, known as runic rows, runic alphabets or futharks (also, see '' futhark'' vs ''runic alphabet''), native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were primarily used to represent a sound value (a ...
, meaning "
hail
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" (the precipitation).
In the
Anglo-Saxon futhorc
Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (, ᚱ ...
, it is continued as ''hægl'', and, in the Younger Futhark, as ''hagall''. The corresponding
Gothic letter 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
Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (, ᚱ ...
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 the C ...
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 Per ...
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Rune poem
Rune poems are poems that list the letters of runic alphabets while providing an explanatory poetic stanza for each letter. Four different poems from before the mid-20th century have been preserved: the Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem, the Norwegian Rune ...
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Hagal (Armanen rune)
Hagal is the 7th pseudo-rune of Armanen Futharkh of Guido von List
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References
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