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See also: Appendix:Variations of "et" and ヿ

⁊ U+204A, ⁊ TIRONIAN SIGN ET ← ⁉ [U+2049] General Punctuation ⁋ → [U+204B]

Translingual

Tironian-note abbreviations for et (“and”)

Contemporary usage in Ireland

Etymology

A stylized form of Latin et (“and”); part of the system of Tironian notes, shorthand credited to Cicero’s scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro from first century BC. Compare to &, of same meaning and similar derivation.

Symbol

⁊ (upper case ⹒)

1. Tironian sign representing et (“and”)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version) (in English), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 1:17, column 2:

     Now vnto yͤ king eternal, immortall, inuiſible, the onely wiſe God, be honour and glory for euer ⁊ euer. Amen.

Usage notes

Found in Old English and Old Irish manuscripts, among many other languages. Still used in Ireland, as of 2023; was used in other languages in blackletter text as late as 1821.

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

Synonyms

• &
• ⹒ (capital)

Descendants

• German: ⁊c., ꝛc.

See also

• viz.

Irish

Conjunction

⁊

1. Abbreviation of agus (“and”)

Descendants

• ⁊rl.

Old Irish

Conjunction

⁊

1. Scribal abbreviation of ocus (“and”)

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

⁊

1. Abbreviation of agus (“and”)

Descendants

• ⁊c.