Re: Sv: Old Norse Font

From: Erich Rickheit KSC
Message: 3795
Date: 2003-11-11

sjuler wrote:
> The Old Norse manuscripts' "hooked o" is denoted with 'õ' and
> the Old Norse manuscripts' "oe ligature" is denoted 'ö'.

The Zöega dictionary uses ö (o with trema) in place of the "hooked
o", as do most other manuscripts I've seen. It would be incredibly
painful to have the letter mean different thing in different contexts.

A quick grep through Zoega doesn't show that an 'o' ever precedes
an 'e', so one should be able to use 'oe' for the "oe" ligature
without any ambiguity.

Erich

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