Haglaz

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Name Proto-Germanic Anglo-Saxon Old Norse
*Haǥ(a)laz Hægl Hagall
"hail"
Shape Elder Futhark Futhorc Younger Futhark
Unicode ᚺ ᚻ
U+16BA U+16BB
 ᚼ
U+16BC
 ᚽ
U+16BD
Transliteration h
Transcription h
IPA [h]
Position in rune-row 9 7
Various forms of the haglaz rune in the elder futhark.
Various forms of the haglaz rune in the elder futhark.

*Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h-rune ᚺ, meaning "hail" (the precipitation).

In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as haegl and in the Younger Futhark as ᚼ hagall The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌷 h h, named hagl.

The Elder Futhark letter has two variants, single-barred ᚺ and double-barred ᚻ. The double-barred variant is found in continental inscriptions while Scandinavian inscriptions have exclusively the single-barred variant.

The Anglo-Frisian futhorc in early inscriptions has the Scandinavian single-barred variant. From the 7th century, it is replaced by the continental double-barred variant, the first known instances being found on a Harlingen solidus (ca,. 575–625), and in the Christogram on St. Cuthbert's coffin.

Haglaz is recorded in all three rune poems:

Rune Poem:[1] English Translation:

Old Norwegian
Hagall er kaldastr korna;
Kristr skóp hæimenn forna.


Hail is the coldest of grain;
Christ created the world of old.

Old Icelandic
Hagall er kaldakorn
ok krapadrífa
ok snáka sótt.
grando hildingr.


Hail is cold grain
and shower of sleet
and sickness of serpents.

Anglo-Saxon
Hægl byþ hwitust corna; hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
wealcaþ hit windes scura;
weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan.


Hail is the whitest of grain;
it is whirled from the vault of heaven
and is tossed about by gusts of wind
and then it melts into water.

[edit] In esoterica

Hagal the 7th character of Guido von List's Armanen Futharkh was directly inspired by the Younger Futhark stave.

[edit] See also

Look up *haglaz in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page.


Runes See also: Rune poems · Runestones · Runology · Runic divination
Elder Fuþark: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛊ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ          
Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚩ o ᚱ ᚳ c ᚷ ȝ ᚹ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁ ᛄ ᛇ eo ᛈ ᛉ x ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛝ ᛞ ᛟ œ   ᚪ a ᚫ æ ᚣ y ᛠ ea
Younger Fuþark: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚬ ą ᚱ ᚴ     ᚼ ᚾ ᛁ ᛅ a       ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ   ᛘ ᛚ       ᛦ ʀ        
Transliteration: f u þ a r k g w · h n i j ï p z s · t b e m l ŋ d o
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