Generosity brings credit and honour, which support one's dignity;
it furnishes help and subsistence
to all broken men who are devoid of aught else.
The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet is 𐌲 g, called giba. The same rune is also appears in the Elder Futhark, with a suggested Proto-Germanic name gebô "gift". J. H. Looijeng speculates (Looijenga 1997, p. 56) that the rune is directly derived from Latin X, the pronunciation of which may have been similar to Germanic gs in the 1st century, eg. Gothic reihs compared to Latin rex.
External links
the Futhark (http://ancientscripts.com/futhark.html) (ancientscripts.com)
Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent AD 150-700 (http://www.ub.rug.nl/eldoc/dis/arts/j.h.looijenga/) by J. H. Looijenga (dissertation, Groningen University)
Gyfu is symbolized by the pictogram of a cross of equal lengths.
Gyfu is a symbol of exchanged vows, balance, marriage, and ecstasy both physical and mystic.
GYFU MERKSTAVE (Gebo cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): Greed, loneliness, dependence, over-sacrifice, martyrdom, obligation, toll, privation, bribery, lack of balance.
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