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ogham - n., an alphabetic script used for ancient Irish from about the 5th through 10th centuries; a letter, inscription, or inscribed stone in this script.
Used mainly for gravestones. In form, it consists of a series of notches and lines off a central line -- which latter was sometimes the edge of the stone marker. Wikipedia has extensive info, including the Unicode characters. From Irish Gaelic, from Old Irish, after which it gets obscure -- the traditional derivation is from the Celtic god Ogma, its supposed inventor, but og-mios (furrow, incised line) and og-úaim (seam made by a point) have also been suggested.
---L.
Used mainly for gravestones. In form, it consists of a series of notches and lines off a central line -- which latter was sometimes the edge of the stone marker. Wikipedia has extensive info, including the Unicode characters. From Irish Gaelic, from Old Irish, after which it gets obscure -- the traditional derivation is from the Celtic god Ogma, its supposed inventor, but og-mios (furrow, incised line) and og-úaim (seam made by a point) have also been suggested.
---L.
