Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b rune ᛒ, meaning "birch".
Old Icelandic ᛒ Bjarkan er laufgat lim ok lítit tré ok ungsamligr viðr.
Anglo-Saxon ᛒ Beorc bẏþ bleda leas, bereþ efne sƿa ðeah tanas butan tudder, biþ on telgum ƿlitig, heah on helme hrẏsted fægere, geloden leafum, lẏfte getenge.
The poplar bears no fruit; yet without seed it brings forth suckers, for it is generated from its leaves.
Splendid are its branches and gloriously adorned its lofty crown which reaches to the skies.