ꝑ
ꝑ letter: scribal abbreviation of ⟨par⟩.
Letter
(Early Modern, siglum, rare)
- Scribal abbreviation of ⟨par⟩.
- parliament → ꝑliament
- Over all this, hee ware a certeyne Mantell of like ſtuffe, made in ſuche maner, that coming vnder his righte arme, and covering moſte ꝑte of that ſyde, yt tuched not the lefte ſyde, […]Albert Feuillerat, editor (1926), “The First Book”, in The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia: Being the Original Version […] (Cambridge English Classics; The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; IV)...
- Scribal abbreviation of ⟨per⟩.
- ⸿Of folyſſhe exchanges ſcoꝛſyngꝭ ⁊ ꝑmutacions.1509 December 24 (Gregorian calendar), [Sebastian Brant], translated by Alexander Barclay, […] The Shyp of Folys of the Worlde […], London: […] Rycharde Pynson […], →OCLC, folio CLXXXVIII, recto...
- ⸿Here begynneth a deuout treatyſe in Englyſſhe / called the Pylgrimage of perfection: very ꝓfitable foꝛ all chꝛiſten people to rede: and in eſpeciall / to all relygious ꝑſons moche neceſſary.1526, [William Bonde], […] [T]he Pylgrimage of Perfection: […], London: […] Richarde Pynson […], →OCLC, title page
Questions about ꝑ
- What does ꝑ mean?
- Ꝑ means scribal abbreviation of ⟨par⟩.
- What part of speech is ꝑ?
- Ꝑ is a letter.
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