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Berkanan

Name
"birch" "birch"/"poplar"? "birch"
Shape Elder Futhark Futhorc Younger Futhark
Runic letter berkanan.svg Runic letter berkanan.svg B rune short-twig.svg
Unicode
U+16D2
U+16D3
Transliteration b
Transcription b
IPA [β] [b] [b], [p]
Position in rune-row 18 13

Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b rune , meaning "birch". In the Younger Futhark it is called Bjarken in the Icelandic rune poem and Bjarkan in the Norwegian rune poem. In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem it is called beorc ("birch" or "poplar"). The corresponding Gothic letter is ...
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