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 haegl and in the Younger Futhark as hagall The corresponding Gothic letter is h, named hagl.The Elder Futhark letter has two variants, single-barred and double-barred . The double-barred variant is found in continental inscriptions while Scandinavian inscriptions have exclusively the single-barred variant.The Anglo-Frisian Futhorc in early inscriptions has the Scandinavian single-barred variant. From the 7th century, it is replaced by the continental double-barred variant, the first known instances being found on a Harlingen solidus (ca,. 575?625), and in the Christogram on St. Cuthbert's coffin. In esoterica Hagal the 7th character of Guido von List's Armanen Futharkh was directly inspired by the Younger Futhark stave. See also Elder Futhark Rune poem Runes?HagalazHagalazHagalaz???????

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