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Translingual
Etymology
From the Elder Fuþark ᛃ, possibly a modification of the Latin G or C, possibly a Germanic innovation.
Letter
ᛄ
- 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
Old English
Pronunciation
Letter
ᛄ (j)
- the twelfth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /j/
See also
- (Runic script letters) ᚠ (f), ᚢ (u), ᚦ (þ), ᚩ (ó), ᚱ (r), ᚳ (c), ᚷ (ġ), ᚹ (w), ᚻ (h), ᚾ (n), ᛁ (i), ᛄ (j), ᛇ (eo), ᛈ (p), ᛉ (x), ᛋ (s), ᛏ (t), ᛒ (b), ᛖ (e), ᛗ (m), ᛚ (l), ᛝ (ŋ), ᛟ (œ), ᛞ (d), ᚪ (a), ᚨ, ᚣ (y), ᛡ (io), ᛠ (ea)