right|300px|thumb|Various forms of the haglaz rune in the Elder Futhark
*Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h-rune , meaning "hail" (the precipitation).
In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as hægl, and, in the Younger Futhark, as hagall. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌷 14px|h h, named hagl.
The Elder Futhark letter has two variants, single-barred and double-barred . 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:
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| Rune Poem:
| English Translation:
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Old Norwegian
<br /> Hagall er kaldastr korna;
<br />Kristr skóp hæimenn forna.
|
<br />Hail is the coldest of grain;
<br />Christ created the world of old.
|-
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Old Icelandic
<br /> Hagall er kaldakorn
<br />ok krapadrífa
<br />ok snáka sótt.
|
<br />Hail is cold grain
<br />and shower of sleet
<br />and sickness of serpents.
|-
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Old English
<br /> Hægl bẏþ hƿitust corna;
<br />hƿẏrft hit of heofones lẏfte,
<br />ƿealcaþ hit ƿindes scura;
<br />ƿeorþeþ hit to ƿætere sẏððan.
|
<br />Hail is the whitest of grain;
<br />it is whirled from the vault of heaven
<br />and is tossed about by gusts of wind
<br />and then it melts into water.
|}
See also
- Bluetooth
- Elder Futhark
- Hagal (Armanen rune)
- Rune poem