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Attested
Found in inscriptions or medieval manuscripts.
Hagalaz is the ninth rune of the Elder Futhark and writes the sound /h/.
All three rune poems name this rune for hail: hægl in Old English and hagall in Norwegian and Icelandic. The Old English poem calls hail the whitest of grain, whirled by the wind before it melts into water. The Norwegian poem calls it the coldest of grain.
Reconstructed
Scholarly reconstruction from linguistic evidence.
The Proto-Germanic name is reconstructed as *hagalaz, "hail."
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 Hagalaz) is read as disruption.
Practice today: wyrd, galdr, and other old words people use when working with the runes now.