Gyfu

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Gyfu
Gyfu

Gyfu is the name for the g-rune ᚷ in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, meaning "gift" or "generosity":

Gyfu gumena byþ gleng and herenys,

wraþu and wyrþscype and wræcna gehwam
ar and ætwist, 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.

ᚷ᛬​ᚷᚢᛗᛖᚾᚪ᛬​ᛒᚣᚦ᛬​ᚷᛚᛖᚾ᛬​ᚪᚾᛞ᛬​ᚻᛖᚱᛖᚾᚣᛋ᛫​ ​ᚹᚱᚪᚦᚢ᛬​ᚪᚾᛞ᛬​ᚹᚣᚱᚦᛋᚳᚣᛈᛖ᛬​ᚪᚾᛞ᛬​ᚹᚱᚫᚳᚾᚪ᛬​ᚷᛖᚻᚹᚪᛗ᛬ ​ᚪᚱ᛬​ᚪᚾᛞ᛬​ᚫᛏᚹᛁᛥ᛫​​ᚦᛖ᛬​ᛒᚣᚦ᛬​ᚩᚦᚱᚪ᛬​ᛚᛠᛋ᛫​

The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet is 𐌲 g, called giba. The same rune is also appears in the Elder Futhark, with a suggested Proto-Germanic name gebô "gift". J. H. Looijeng speculates (Looijenga 1997, p. 56) that the rune is directly derived from Latin X, the pronunciation of which may have been similar to Germanic gs in the 1st century, eg. Gothic reihs compared to Latin rex (as opposed to the Etruscan alphabet, where X/𐌗 had a value of [s]).


Runes see also: Rune poems · Runestones · Runology · Runic divination
Elder Fuþark: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛊ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ          
Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚩ o ᚱ ᚳ c ᚷ ȝ ᚹ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁ ᛄ ᛇ eo ᛈ ᛉ x ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛝ ᛞ ᛟ œ   ᚪ a ᚫ æ ᚣ y ᛠ ea
Younger Fuþark: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚬ ą ᚱ ᚴ     ᚼ ᚾ ᛁ ᛅ a       ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ   ᛘ ᛚ       ᛦ ʀ        
transliteration: f u þ a r k g w · h n i j ï p z s · t b e m l ŋ d o
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