{{short description|Rune}} {{one source|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox rune | lang1 = pg| lang2 = oe| lang3 = on | name1 = '''*Hag(a)laz''' | name2 = '''Hægl ''' | name3 = '''Hagall''' | meaning13 = "hail" | shape12 = x50px|class=skin-invert-image x50px|class=skin-invert-image | shape3a = x50px|class=skin-invert-image | shape3b = x50px|class=skin-invert-image | unicode hex12 =16BA, 16BB | unicode hex3a =16BC | unicode hex3b =16BD | transliteration13 = '''h''' | transcription13 = ''h'' | IPA13 = {{IPA|[h]}} | position12 = 9 | position3 = 7 }} {{Contains special characters|Runic|width=30em}} right|300px|thumb|Various forms of the haglaz rune in the Elder Futhark '''*Haglaz''' or '''*Hagalaz''' is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the ''h''-rune {{runic|ᚺ}}, meaning "hail" (the precipitation).
In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as ''hægl'', and, in the Younger Futhark, as {{runic|ᚼ}} ''hagall''. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌷 14px|h ''h'', named ''hagl''.
The Elder Futhark letter has two variants, single-barred {{runic|ᚺ}} and double-barred {{runic|ᚻ}}. 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.
Haglaz is recorded in all three rune poems:
{| class="wikitable" | '''Rune Poem:'''<ref>Original poems and translation from the [http://www.ragweedforge.com/poems.html Rune Poem Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990501094729/http://www.ragweedforge.com/poems.html |date=1999-05-01 }}.</ref> | '''English Translation:''' |- | '''Old Norwegian''' <br />{{runic|}} Hagall er kaldastr korna; <br />Kristr skóp hæimenn forna. | <br />Hail is the coldest of grain; <br />Christ created the world of old. |- | '''Old Icelandic''' <br />{{runic|}} Hagall er kaldakorn <br />ok krapadrífa <br />ok snáka sótt. | <br />Hail is cold grain <br />and shower of sleet <br />and sickness of serpents. |- | '''Old English''' <br />{{runic|}} Hægl bẏþ hƿitust corna; <br />hƿẏrft hit of heofones lẏfte, <br />ƿealcaþ hit ƿindes scura; <br />ƿeorþeþ hit to ƿætere sẏððan. | <br />Hail is the whitest of grain; <br />it is whirled from the vault of heaven <br />and is tossed about by gusts of wind <br />and then it melts into water. |}
==See also== {{wiktionary|reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haglaz}} *Bluetooth *Elder Futhark *Hagal (Armanen rune) *Rune poem
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