Gyfu

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NameProto-GermanicOld English
*GebōGyfuGār
‘gift’‘gift’spear
ShapeElder FutharkFuthorc
Runic letter gebo.svgRunic letter gebo.svgRunic letter gar.svg
Unicode
U+16B7
U+16B7
U+16B8
Transliterationgȝg
Transcriptiongȝ, gg
IPA[ɣ][g], [ɣ], [ʎ], [j][g]
Position in
rune-row
7733

Gyfu is the name for the g-rune in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, meaning ‘gift’ or ‘generosity’:

Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem:[1] English Translation:

Gyfu gumena byþ gleng and herenys,
ƿraþu and ƿyrþscype and ƿræcna gehƿam
ar and ætƿist, ðe byþ oþra leas.

Generosity brings credit and honour, which support one’s dignity;
it furnishes help and subsistence
to all broken men who are devoid of aught else.

The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet is