Ꝍ Explained

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

CharacterꝌꝍ
Unicode nameLATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH LOOPLATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH LOOP
UnicodeA74CA74D
Decimal CodeꝌꝍ
Hex CodeꝍꝌ

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1848. almenniligr in GulKrNA 309 (ONP Citation). 2020-08-21. onp.ku.dk/.
  2. Book: Hødnebø, Finn. Corpus codicum Norvegicorum medii aevi. Folio series volume 2. Society for the Publication of Old Norwegian Manuscripts. 1960. Oslo.
  3. Web site: Konráð. Gílasson. 1846. Um frum-parta íslenzkrar túngu í fornöld - Konráð Gílasson. 2020-08-21.
  4. Web site: Everson. Michael. etal. 2006-01-30. Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS. 2020-08-22. The Unicode Consortium.

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