(minuscule: ) 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]

Uppercase and lowercase

Computing codes

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Character
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

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