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Bjarkan

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Symbolizes the birch tree and the growth of new life.

Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b rune ᛒ, meaning "birch". In the Younger Futhark it is called Bjarken in the Icelandic rune poem and Bjarkan in the Norwegian rune poem. In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem it is called beorc ("birch" or "poplar"). The corresponding Gothic letter is

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Asymmetric, Closed shape, Monochrome, Contains straight lines, Has crossing lines.

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