Jēran

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Jēra

Gēr

Jēran or Jæran (*jē₂ram; Gothic jēr, Anglo-Frisian /yēr/, Old High German and Old Saxon jār, Old Norse ār) "harvest, (good) year" is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the j-rune ᛃ of the Elder Futhark. In the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, it is continued as ᛄ Gēr and ᛡ Ior, the latter a bind rune of Gyfu and Is (compare also ᛠ Ear).

Its name is continued as ᛅ Ár in the Younger Futhark. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌾 j, named jer, which is also based on the shape of the Elder Futhark rune. This is an exception, shared with urus, due to the fact that neither the Latin nor the Greek alphabets at the time of the introduction of the Gothic one had graphemes corresponding to the distinction of j and w from i and u.

The derivation of the rune is uncertain; some scholars see it as a modification of Latin G ("C (ᚲ) with stroke") while others consider it a Germanic innovation. The letter in any case appears from the very earliest runic inscriptions, figuring on the Vimose comb inscription, harja.

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