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*Haglaz or *Hagalaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h-rune , meaning "hail" (the precipitation).
In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as hægl, and, in the Younger Futhark, as hagall. The corresponding Gothic alphabet is 𐌷 h, named hagl.
The Elder Futhark letter has two variants, single-barred and double-barred . The double-barred variant is found in continental inscriptions, while Scandinavian inscriptions have exclusively the single-barred variant.
The Anglo-Frisian futhorc in early inscriptions has the Scandinavian single-barred variant. From the 7th century, it is replaced by the continental double-barred variant, the first known instances being found on a Harlingen solidus (ca. 575–625), and in the Christogram on St Cuthbert's coffin.
Haglaz is recorded in all three rune poems:
| Rune Poem:Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page . | English Translation: |
| Old Norwegian
Hagall er kaldastr korna; Kristr skóp hæimenn forna. | Hail is the coldest of grain; Christ created the world of old. |
| Old Icelandic
Hagall er kaldakorn ok krapadrífa ok snáka sótt. | Hail is cold grain and shower of sleet and sickness of serpents. |
| Old English
Hægl bẏþ hƿitust corna; hƿẏrft hit of heofones lẏfte, ƿealcaþ hit ƿindes scura; ƿeorþeþ hit to ƿætere sẏððan. | Hail is the whitest of grain; it is whirled from the vault of heaven and is tossed about by gusts of wind and then it melts into water. |
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