Jēran
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Jēran or Jæran (*jē2ram; Gothic jēr, Anglo-Frisian ȝēr /yēr/, Old High German and Old Saxon jār, Old Norse ār) "harvest, (good) year" is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the j-rune ᛃ of the Elder Futhark.
Proto-Germanic *jē2ram is cognate with Avestan yāre "year", Greek ὧρος "year" (and ὥρα "season", whence hour), Slavonic jarŭ "spring" and with the -or- in Latin hornus "of this year" (from *ho-jōrinus), all from a PIE stem *yer-o-.
The rune in the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc is continued as ᛄ Gēr and ᛡ Ior, the latter a bind rune of Gyfu and Is (compare also ᛠ Ear). Its name is continued as ᛅ Ár in the Younger Futhark. The corresponding Gothic letter is
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