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 is.
  • ᛃ
  • ᛅ
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