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Attested
Found in inscriptions or medieval manuscripts.
Gebō is the seventh rune of the Elder Futhark and writes the sound /g/.
Only the Old English poem includes this rune. It calls it gyfu, a gift or generosity, which brings honor and helps those who have nothing else. The Norwegian and Icelandic poems describe the shorter 16-rune Younger Futhark, which has no separate rune for g.
Reconstructed
Scholarly reconstruction from linguistic evidence.
The Proto-Germanic name is reconstructed as *gebō, "gift."
In practice today
How people use this rune now, in divination, magic, and devotion. Valid in its own right, and labeled modern so it isn’t mistaken for history.
In Ralph Blum's modern divination system, this rune (spelled Gebo) is read as partnership.
Practice today: wyrd, galdr, and other old words people use when working with the runes now.