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Meet ᚠ, Fehu—the first letter of the Elder Futhark, the runic row that gives us the name “futhark” from its opening sequence: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ.

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Its sound is /f/, like in “fish.” In Proto-Germanic, fehu meant cattle—movable wealth—so this rune is tied to property, resources, and what circulates.

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The medieval rune poems preserve that idea.

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Old Norse says wealth stirs strife among kin; Old English calls it a comfort that should be shared.

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Visually, ᚠ is a vertical stave with two short branches pointing up to the right.

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You’ll meet ᚠ across time: in the Elder Futhark (2nd–8th centuries), in the Viking-Age Younger Futhark as fé, and in the Anglo-Saxon futhorc as feoh.

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On the Kylver stone, the oldest full futhark begins with ᚠ.

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Say it: ᚠ, Fehu—cattle, capital, and the first step into the runes.