ᛄ

ᛄ U+16C4, ᛄ RUNIC LETTER GER ← ᛃ [U+16C3] Runic ᛅ → [U+16C5]

Translingual

Etymology

From the Elder Fuþark ᛃ, possibly a modification of the Latin G or C, possibly a Germanic innovation.

Letter

ᛄ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Fuþark (ᛃ), the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᛄ, called ġēr), and the Younger Fuþark (ᛅ, called ár in Old Norse), representing /j/ in the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc, and associated with the year or the harvest.

See also

• ᛡ, a related Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc letter, ior, a bindrune of ġifu and īs.
• ᛃ
• ᛅ

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ᛄ (j)

1. the twelfth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /j/ and pronounced ġēar (“year”)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛄ byþ gumena hiht þon God lǣteþ...

     Spring is the hope of men when God...

See also

• Runic script letters: ᚠ, ᚢ, ᚦ, ᚩ, ᚱ, ᚳ, ᚷ, ᚹ, ᚻ, ᚾ, ᛁ, ᛄ, ᛇ, ᛈ, ᛉ, ᛋ, ᛏ, ᛒ, ᛖ, ᛗ, ᛚ, ᛝ, ᛞ, ᛟ, ᚪ, ᚫ, ᚣ, ᛡ, ᛠ, ᛢ, ᛣ, ᛥ, ᚸ, ᛤ ^[edit]