ȹ

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ȹ U+0239, ȹ
LATIN SMALL LETTER QP DIGRAPH
ȸ
[U+0238]
Latin Extended-B Ⱥ
[U+023A]

Translingual

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the q p ligature

Symbol

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ȹ

  1. (phonetics, dated) Voiceless labiodental plosive (IPA [p̪]).

Further reading

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Middle English

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Verb

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ȹ

  1. (siglum) Scribal abbreviation of quod.
    • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, [], [London]: [] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes [], 1542, →OCLC, folio xliiii, verso, column 1:
      I haue ȹ he, of ſommõs of the here a byl / Up payne of curſyng loke that thou be / To moꝛowe befoꝛe our Archdeacons kne
      I have (he said) a bill of summons here: / On pain of excommunication make sure that you appear / Tomorrow morning at the archdeacon's knee
    • 1554-1561, Unknown author, An A,B,C. for chyldren, folio B2, verso. London: in Poules churchyarde in the signe of the Swane : Ihon Kyng. Now in Oxford, Queen's College Library, Sel.d.81 (5)S117765.
      Here folow certain bꝛeuitatours yᵗ may be ſpelled alone, ⁊ ſome that cā not be ſpelled, but in other woꝛdes, and examples foꝛ the ſame.
      ā, am, an, ē, em, en, ī, im, in, ō, om, on, ū, um, un, ē. eēe, p̄, pꝛe, ꝓ, pꝛo, q̄, que, qⁱ, qui, qȝ. que, ȹ̄, quam, ȹ, quod, 4, rum, ṫ, ter, t̄, tur, ⁹c, con. m̄, n̄, ⁹.
      Here follow certain sigla that can be used on their own and some that can't be used except in the context of other words, and then examples for the use of the sigla.