Berkanan
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Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b-rune ᛒ, meaning "birch". In the Younger Futhark it is called bjarken in Icelandic and bjarkan in Norse. As a rune of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, it is called beorc ("birch" or "poplar").
The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌱 b, named bairkan.
The letter shape is likely directly based on Old Italic 
𐌁. It closely resembles the Latin letter B.
See also
| Runes |
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| Elder Fuþark: ᚠ f | ᚢ u | ᚦ þ | ᚨ a | ᚱ r | ᚲ k | ᚷ g | ᚹ w | ᚺ h | ᚾ n | ᛁ i | ᛃ j |ᛇ ï | ᛈ p | ᛉ z | ᛊ s |ᛏ t | ᛒ b | ᛖ e | ᛗ m | ᛚ l | ᛜ ŋ | ᛞ d | ᛟ o |
| Futhorc | Younger Futhark | Rune poems | Runestones | Runology |
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