Berkanan

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Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b rune, meaning "birch". In the Younger Futhark it is called Bjarkan in the Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems. In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem it is called beorc ("birch" or "poplar"). The corresponding Gothic letter is ๐Œฑ b, named bairkan. The letter shape is likely directly based on Old Italic ๐Œ, whence comes also the Latin letter B. The rune is recorded in all three rune poems:

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