ᚻ

ᚻ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, with the reconstructed name *haglaz (“hail”), representing /x/ or /h/.

Present in:

• Elder Fuþark (ᚺ in Scandinavian inscriptions, and ᚻ in continental ones)
• Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᚻ, called hæġl)
• Younger Fuþark (ᚼ)

• ᚺ
• ᚼ

• IPA^(key): /x/, [h]

ᚻ (h)

1. the ninth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /h/ and pronounced hæġl (“hail”)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚻ byþ hwītust corna...

     Hail is the whitest of grains...

• 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]