Jera

Jera
Variant of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ( Gear )

Jera ( ᛃ ) or Jara is the twelfth rune of the older Futhark with the sound value j and is missing in the younger Futhark . The reconstructed Germanic name means "year" or "harvest". The rune appears in the rune poems as Old English gēar or Gothic gaar .

Character encoding

Unicode codepoint	U + 16C3	U + 16C4
Unicode name	RUNIC LETTER JERAN J	RUNIC LETTER GER
HTML	& # 5827;	& # 5828;
character	ᛃ	ᛄ

Use in modern times

Flag of the association Förbundet nationally ungdom

The nationalist Swedish organization Förbundet nationell ungdom uses the Jera rune on its flag, which, like the Swedish national flag, is designed in the two colors yellow and blue.

Individual evidence

↑ Klaus Düwel : Runenkunde (= Metzler Collection. Vol. 72). 3rd, completely revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart et al. 2001, ISBN 3-476-13072-X .
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↑ Flag of the Swedish organization Förbundet nationell ungdom ("Association of National Youth")

[Düwel-1] Klaus Düwel : Runenkunde (= Metzler Collection. Vol. 72). 3rd, completely revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart et al. 2001, ISBN 3-476-13072-X .

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[3] Flag of the Swedish organization Förbundet nationell ungdom ("Association of National Youth")