Haglaz
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| Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English | Old Norse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Hag(a)laz | Hægl | Hagall | ||
| "hail" | ||||
| Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark | |
| Unicode | ᚺ U+16BA ᚻ U+16BB | ᚼ U+16BC | ᚽ U+16BD | |
| Transliteration | h | |||
| Transcription | h | |||
| IPA | [h] | |||
| Position in rune-row | 9 | 7 | ||
*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 hægl, 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:
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.
Hail is cold grain
and shower of sleet
and sickness of serpents.
Anglo-Saxon
Hægl bẏþ hƿitust corna;
hƿẏrft hit of heofones lẏfte,
ƿealcaþ hit ƿindes scura;
ƿeorþeþ hit to ƿætere sẏððan.
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.
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References
[edit ]- ^ Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page Archived 1999年05月01日 at the Wayback Machine.