ᛄ

ᛄ

ᛄ U+16C4, ᛄ RUNIC LETTER GER ← ᛃ [U+16C3] Runic ᛅ → [U+16C5]

Translingual

Etymology

From the Elder Fuþark ᛃ, possibly a modification of the Latin G or C, possibly a Germanic innovation.

Letter

ᛄ

1. 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