ᛒ

ᛒ U+16D2, ᛒ RUNIC LETTER BERKANAN BEORC BJARKAN B ← ᛑ [U+16D1] Runic ᛓ → [U+16D3]

Translingual

Etymology

Probably from the Etruscan 𐌁, from the Phoenician character derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (b, “beth”). Cognates would then include the Ancient Greek Β (B) and the Latin B.

Letter

ᛒ

1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, with the reconstructed name *berkō (“birch”), representing /b/.

Further reading

• Berkanan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ᛒ (b)

1. a letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing /b/ and pronounced beorc (“birch”)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛒ byþ blēda lēas...

     Birch is without fruit...

See also

• Runic script letters: ᚠ, ᚢ, ᚦ, ᚩ, ᚱ, ᚳ, ᚷ, ᚹ, ᚻ, ᚾ, ᛁ, ᛄ, ᛇ, ᛈ, ᛉ, ᛋ, ᛏ, ᛒ, ᛖ, ᛗ, ᛚ, ᛝ, ᛟ, ᛞ, ᚪ, ᚨ, ᚣ, ᛡ, ᛠ ^[edit]