- Ogham
- Ogham Og"ham, n. [Ir.] A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc. [Written also {ogam}.] [1913 Webster]
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Ogham
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ogham — ogham … Dictionnaire des rimes
Ogham — Type Alphabet … Wikipedia
ogham — ● ogham nom masculin (de Ogham, nom propre) Écriture alphabétique utilisée au début de l ère chrétienne pour noter l irlandais. (L ogham consiste en un jeu d entailles pratiquées sur ou à partir d une arête de la pierre : chacune des vingt… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Ogham — [ oːgam; nach dem mythischen Ogma, der nach keltischer Tradition diese Schrift erfunden haben soll], Oghamschrift, Buchstabenschrift der ältesten irischen Sprachdenkmäler (4. 7. Jahrhundert). Erhalten sind etwa 360 kurze Inschriften auf Grab… … Universal-Lexikon
ogham — also ogam, ancient Irish form of writing, 1620s, from Ir. ogham, from O.Ir. ogam, said to be from name of its inventor, Ogma Mac Eladan. But this appears to be from Celt. *Ogmios, perhaps from PIE *og mo furrow, track, thus metaphorically incised … Etymology dictionary
Ogham — Ogham, s. Ogam … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Ogham — (kelt.), Schrift der alten Iren, den nordischen Runen ähnlich … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
ogham — [äg′əm, ō′əm] n. [Ir < OIr ogam] an alphabetic system for writing Old Irish, developed in the 5th and 6th cent. A.D., in which the letters are represented by various combinations of lines or notches as carved along the edge of a memorial stone … English World dictionary
Ogham — Écriture oghamique Pour l’article homonyme, voir Ogam Celticum. Oghamique Page du Livre de Ballymote … Wikipédia en Français
ogham — (ogam) Ogham (called beithe luis nin by the Irish) is an ancient Celtic alphabet used for writing in Irish. The alphabet consisted of 20 letters made from one to five parallel grooves or notches cut across a vertical line, usually the edge of… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
