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oe (ligature with allograph e)

Image:

Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 [s. xv–xviⁱⁿ], f. 33vaFile:

Letters displayed:

<oe / e>

Base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye.

Represents in Irish:

oe

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Represents in Latin:

oe

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Combination

Notational device:

Ligature

Components:

At the baseline:

Ligature letters:

o (regular letter)

Represents: o (Irish)o (Latin)

and

Allograph of the letter e

Represents: e, e□ (Irish)e, e□ (Latin)

Notational device: Allograph Allograph of:  e (regular letter)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: oe

In Latin: oe

Context

Frequency:

rare

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

oeg (trigraph)

Represents: oeg (Irish)oeg (Latin)

Notational device: Digraph

Entries related in meaning:

Possible equivalents matching one of the values in the transcription above, if available