Ꝍ
Appearance
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Ꝍ (minuscule: ꝍ) is a letter used in a number of Medieval Nordic orthographies including Old Norse,[1] Norwegian,[2] and Icelandic.[3] The letter was used as a scribal abbreviation during the Middle Ages to represent the phonemic /ǫ/, /ø:/, and /ey/.[4]
Computing codes
[edit]Character | Ꝍ | ꝍ |
Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH LOOP | LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH LOOP |
Unicode | A74C | A74D |
Decimal Code | Ꝍ | ꝍ |
Hex Code | ꝍ | Ꝍ |
References
[edit]- ^ "almenniligr in GulKrNA 309 (ONP Citation)". onp.ku.dk/. 1848. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ Hødnebø, Finn (1960). Corpus codicum Norvegicorum medii aevi. Folio series volume 2. Oslo: Society for the Publication of Old Norwegian Manuscripts.
- ^ Konráð, Gílasson (1846). "Um frum-parta íslenzkrar túngu í fornöld - Konráð Gílasson". Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ Everson, Michael; et al. (2006-01-30). "Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS" (PDF). The Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 2020-08-22.