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ᛒ bjarkan

Bjarkan means birch tree.

Stanza from the Icelandic Rune Poem

Birch is leafy twig
and little tree
and fresh young shrub.

Stanza from the Norwegian Rune Poem

Birch is the shrub with the greenest leaves;
Loki was fortunate in his deceit.