Rune 7 of 24 · Freyr's Aett

Gebo

Gift, exchange.

Upright

A gift, and the obligation that comes with it. Partnership, generosity and the balance of what passes between two people.

Reversed

Gebo is symmetrical — turning it over changes nothing, so it has no reversed meaning.

Position in the row7 of 24
AettFreyr's Aett
SoundG
Literal meaningGift, exchange
ElementAir
Can be reversedNo

Gebo is the 7th rune of the Elder Futhark and belongs to Freyr's Aett. Before it meant anything divinatory it was a letter, carrying the G sound.

This is one of the four symmetrical runes — along with Gebo, Isa, Jera and Ingwaz — which cannot be drawn reversed.