Haglaz

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NameProto-GermanicOld EnglishOld Norse
*Hag(a)lazHægl Hagall
"hail"
ShapeElder FutharkFuthorcYounger Futhark
Runic letter haglaz.svg Runic letter haglaz variant.svgRunic letter ior.svgH rune short-twig.svg
Unicode
U+16BC
U+16BD
Transliterationh
Transcriptionh
IPA[h]
Position in
rune-row
97
Various forms of the haglaz rune in the Elder Futhark

*Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h-rune , meaning "hail" (the precipitation).

In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as hægl, and, in the Younger Futhark, as hagall. The corresponding Gothic letter is