Younger Futhark · Hagall's Ætt
Ár
“Plenty / Good harvest / Good year” · sound A · AWR
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What Ár means
The reward of patience and labor — the harvest comes to those who planted and tended faithfully
In the older 24-rune Elder Futhark, Ár corresponds to Jera.
Ár in the rune poems
The Norwegian and Icelandic rune poems are the medieval testimony to the sixteen Younger Futhark runes — the oldest verse describing each stave by name.
Ár er gumna góðe; / get ek at o̧rr var Fróðe.
“Plenty is a blessing to men; I say that Frothi was generous.”
Ár er gumna góði / ok gott sumar / ok algróinn akr.
“Plenty is men's blessing / and good summer / and a fully-grown field.”