Translingual

Contemporary usage in Ireland

Symbol

⁊

1. Tironian sign representing et ‎(“and”);

Usage notes

Found especially in Old English, Old Irish, and Middle Irish manuscripts. Still used in Ireland, as of 2010; was used in blackletter texts as late as 1821, otherwise unused.

In Old English manuscripts, it stood not only for the conjunction and, ond ‎(“and”), but also for the unrelated prefix and-, ond-; thus andswaru ‎(“answer”) could be written ⁊swaru.

Synonyms

• &

Related terms

• &

Descendants

• German: ⁊c., ꝛc.
• Irish: ⁊rl.

See also

• viz.