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

Hail

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" (the precipitation).

In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc

Futhorc , a runic alphabet used by the Anglo-Saxons, was descended from the Elder Futhark of 24 runes and contained between 26 and 33 characters. It was used probably from the fifth century onward, for recording Old English and Old Frisian....

, it is continued as haegl and in the Younger Futhark as hagall The corresponding Gothic letter

Gothic alphabet

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 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

Harlingen, Netherlands

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 solidus (ca,. 575–625), and in the Christogram

Christogram

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 on St. Cuthbert's coffin

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Haglaz is recorded in all three rune poems:

Rune Poem:	English Translation:

} Hagall er kaldastr korna;

Kristr skóp hæimenn forna.
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Hail is the coldest of grain;

Christ created the world of old.
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Old Icelandic

Hagall er kaldakorn

ok krapadrífa

ok snáka sótt.
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Hail is cold grain

and shower of sleet

and sickness of serpents.
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Anglo-Saxon

Hægl byþ hwitust corna;

hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,

wealcaþ hit windes scura;

weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan.
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Hail is the whitest of grain;

it is whirled from the vault of heaven

and is tossed about by gusts of wind

and then it melts into water.
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