See also: -ꝫ and ȝ

U+A76B, ꝫ
LATIN SMALL LETTER ET

[U+A76A]
Latin Extended-D
[U+A76C]

Latin

Letter

(upper case ) (Medieval Latin, siglum)

  1. (word-final) scribal abbreviation of et, as -et
    habꝫhabet
  2. (word-final) scribal abbreviation of est, as -est
    potꝫpotest
  3. (word-final) scribal abbreviation of ue, as part of -que
    usqꝫusque
  4. (word-final) scribal abbreviation of us, as -us when at the end of a noun in the dative or ablative plural
    aͥquibꝫaliquibus
  5. (word-final) scribal abbreviation of m, as part of -am, -em or -um
    abluͦneꝫablutionem
  6. A word-final mark of abbreviation for some sequence of letters ending in one of the above forms.
    viꝫvidelicet; quiꝯꝫquicumque; opīoꝫopinionem

Usage notes

Although used as an abbreviation for the word-final letter sequences et or est, ꝫ is never used in isolation as an abbreviation for the words et or est.

References

  • Michael Everson (editor), Peter Baker, António Emiliano, Florian Grammel, Odd Einar Haugen, Diana Luft, Susana Pedro, Gerd Schumacher and Andreas Stötzner. Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS, January 2006. http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf
  • Cappelli, Adriano (1982) David Heimann, Richard Kay, transl., The elements of abbreviation in medieval Latin paleography[1], archived from the original on 11-03-2022

Old Norse

Letter

(uppercase ) (siglum)

  1. (medial or word-final) scribal abbreviation of
    mꝫmeð; mꝫanmeðan

Further reading