Name | ||||
"birch" | "birch"/"poplar"? | "birch" | ||
Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark | |
Unicode | ᛒ
U+16D2
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ᛓ
U+16D3
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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 ᛒ, 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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