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Appendix:Variations of "x"
ᚷ
U+16B7
,
ᚷ
RUNIC LETTER GEBO GYFU G
←
ᚶ
[U+16B6]
Runic
ᚸ
→
[U+16B8]
Translingual
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Etymology
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Possibly derived directly from the Latin
X
.
Letter
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ᚷ
A letter of the
Runic
alphabet, present in the Elder
Fuþark
and the Anglo-Saxon
Fuþorc
(called
ġifu
). Represents
/j/
and is reconstructed as
*gebō
, associated with
gifts
or
generosity
.