ᚷ 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 𐌲 g, called giba. The same rune also appears in the Elder Futhark, with a suggested Proto-Germanic name *gebô ‘gift’. J. H. Looijenga speculates[2] that the rune is directly derived from Latin Χ, the pronunciation of which may have been similar to Germanic g in the 1st century, e.g., Gothic *reihs compared to Latin rex (as opposed to the Etruscan alphabet, where /𐌗 had a value of [s]).
The gyfu rune is sometimes used as a symbol within modern mysticism, particularly amongst those interested in Celtic mythology. It’s described, for example, in the book The Runic Tarot as a representation of the giving-receiving balance in friendships.[3]
In addition to gyfu, the Anglo-Saxon futhorc has the gār rune ⟨ᚸ⟩, named after a species of medieval spear. It is attested epigraphically on the Ruthwell Cross, and also appears in 11th-century manuscript tradition. Phonetically, gār represents the /g/ sound. It is a modification of the plain gyfu rune ᚷ.
Old English ‘gār’ means ‘spear’, but the name of the rune likely echoes the rune names ger, ear, ior: due to palatalization in Old English, the original g rune (i.e., the Gyfu rune ⟨ᚷ⟩) could express either /j/ or /g/ (see yogh). The ger unambiguously expressed /j/, and the newly[when?] introduced gar rune had the purpose of unambiguously expressing /g/.
Gār is the 33rd and final rune in the row as given in Cotton Domitian A.ix.
gyfu, nameproto, germanicold, english, gebōgār, gift, gift, spear, shapeelder, futharkfuthorcunicodeᚷ, 16b7ᚷ, 16b7ᚸ, 16b8transliterationgȝgtranscriptiongȝ, ggipa, position, inrune, row7733this, article, contains, runic, characters, without, proper, rendering, . NameProto GermanicOld English GebōGyfuGar gift gift spear ShapeElder FutharkFuthorcUnicodeᚷ U 16B7ᚷ U 16B7ᚸ U 16B8TransliterationgȝgTranscriptiongȝ ggIPA ɣ g ɣ ʎ j g Position inrune row7733This article contains runic characters Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of runes Gyfu is the name for the g rune ᚷ in the Anglo Saxon rune poem meaning gift or generosity Anglo Saxon Rune Poem 1 English Translation ᚷ Gyfu gumena byth gleng and herenys ƿrathu and ƿyrthscype and ƿraecna gehƿam ar and aetƿist de byth othra 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 𐌲 g called giba The same rune also appears in the Elder Futhark with a suggested Proto Germanic name gebo gift J H Looijenga speculates 2 that the rune is directly derived from Latin X the pronunciation of which may have been similar to Germanic g in the 1st century e g Gothic reihs compared to Latin rex as opposed to the Etruscan alphabet where 𐌗 had a value of s The gyfu rune is sometimes used as a symbol within modern mysticism particularly amongst those interested in Celtic mythology It s described for example in the book The Runic Tarot as a representation of the giving receiving balance in friendships 3 Contents 1 Anglo Saxon gar rune 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksAnglo Saxon gar rune EditIn addition to gyfu the Anglo Saxon futhorc has the gar rune ᚸ named after a species of medieval spear It is attested epigraphically on the Ruthwell Cross and also appears in 11th century manuscript tradition Phonetically gar represents the g sound It is a modification of the plain gyfu rune ᚷ Old English gar means spear but the name of the rune likely echoes the rune names ger ear ior due to palatalization in Old English the original g rune i e the Gyfu rune ᚷ could express either j or g see yogh The ger unambiguously expressed j and the newly when introduced gar rune had the purpose of unambiguously expressing g Gar is the 33rd and final rune in the row as given in Cotton Domitian A ix See also EditArmanen runes Gibor 19th century pseudo runes of which the 18th character s name is similar to geboReferences Edit Original poem and translation from the Rune Poem Page Archived 1999 05 01 at the Wayback Machine J H Looijenga Runes Around the North Sea and on the Continent Ad 150 700 PhD diss Groningen 1997 p 56 Download PDF The Runic Tarot Gebo has no murkstave By Caroline Smith John Astrop Page 24 Macmillan Feb 1 2005 9780312321925External links EditThe Futhark on www ancientscripts com This writing system related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gyfu amp oldid 1129114486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
