Ꝍ
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Uppercase and lowercase Ꝍ
Ꝍ (minuscule: ꝍ) is a letter used in a number of Medieval Nordic orthographies including Old Norse, Norwegian, and Icelandic. The letter was used as a scribal abbreviation during the Middle Ages to represent the phonemic /ǫ/, /ø:/, and /ey/.
Computing codes
Character
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Ꝍ
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ꝍ
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Unicode name
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LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH LOOP
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LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH LOOP
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Unicode
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A74C
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A74D
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Decimal Code
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Ꝍ
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ꝍ
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Hex Code
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ꝍ
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Ꝍ
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References
- ^ "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.