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Gebo
- Literal meaning
- gift
- Associated concepts
- gift · pact · reciprocity
- Ætt
- Freyr's ætt
Gebo is the gift, and in the early north a gift always called for another one back: it built a bond, not just generosity. Its shape — an X, a balanced exchange — already says what it means. It stands for reciprocity: what's given comes back, in some other form.