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  • noun 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 IPA: /j/ in the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc, and associated with the year or the harvest.

Etymologies

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

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