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
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 .
- ^ Thesaurus of Indo-European Text and Language Materials
- ↑ Flag of the Swedish organization Förbundet nationell ungdom ("Association of National Youth")