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- Windows Accent Codes
- Macintosh OS X Extended Keyboard Codes
- HTML Accent Codes and Language Codes
- Language Codes –
ang
(Old English),enm
(Middle English),sco
(Scots/Lallans)
- Language Codes –
- Runic Script InformationNew Page
About Old English and Scots/Lallans
Old English (sometimes called Anglo-Saxon) is the earliest attested form of the English language. Old English grammar starts to change around 1100 after the Norman French invasion of 1066 resulting in Middle English. This caused the language to incorporate more French vocabulary and sounds. In addition, the grammar began to evolve to a form closer to Modern English.
Old English Links
Scots/Lallans
The language of Scottish poets like Robert Burns (Auld Lang Syne) is called Scots or Lallans. It is a descendant of Old English and a close relative of Modern English. Scots preserves some archaic features of Old English including some consonants 'ch' /x/ and some pre vowel shift pronunciations.
Note: Modern Scots uses English spelling, but older texts may use Old English letters.
About Scots/Lallans
- Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL)
Old English Orthography
Old English and Unicode
Old English, like most medieval languages, shows a wide range of diacritic marks
and unusual characters, not all of which may be represented in Unicode. However,
most of the more commonly encountered issues such as thorn (þ), eth (ð), long ash (ǣ) and wynn (ƿ) can be displayed within Unicode.
Font Recommendations
Thorn (þ)/Eth (ð) and Long Vowels Ā-Ū
Because thorn (þ/Þ) eth (ð,Ð) are used in modern Icelandic, many common fonts listed below already contain these characters. These fonts also usually contain long vowelsā,ē,ī,ō,ū.These fonts include:
- Arial
- Calibri
- Cambria
- Century Gothic
- Century Schoolbook
- Comic Sans
- Georgia
- Helvetica
- Palatino
- Times New Roman
- Verdana
Note: If your version of one of the font listed above does not include long marks, make sure you have a recent version of Microsoft Office or Windows installed if possible.
Additional Fonts
Fewer fonts contain characters such as long y (ȳ), long ash (ǣ), wynn (ƿ), yogh (ȝ) and C/G dot (ċ,ġ). Some of the ones that do are listed below.
Microsoft Office/Windows
- Arial
- Calibri
- Cambria
- Times New Roman
Macintosh
- Helvetica
- Lucida Grande
Third Party Fonts
- Palemonas MUFI – Comprehensive and Includes bold/Italic
- Quivira Font – Also very comprehensive
Windows International Keyboard Codes
In order to use these codes you must activate the U.S. international keyboard. Once the U.S. International keyboard has been activated, you can use the codes below.
Note: Other characters like wynn, yogh, and the long vowels must be inserted with the Character Map utility. or Word Numeric ALT codes.
Character | Code |
---|---|
æ, Æ | RightAlt+Z, Shift+RightAlt+Z (You must use the Alt key on the right) |
ð,Ð | RightAlt+D, Shift+RightAlt+D |
þ, Þ | RightAlt+T, Shift+RightAlt+T |
Character Map
The Windows Character Map also includes the ability to insert vowels with macrons/long marks.
Windows Word Numeric ALT Codes
The following numeric codes work only in Microsoft Word, and you must use the numeric keypad. More detailed instructions
about typing accents with ALT keys are available.
Word ALT Codes
Vwl | ALT Code |
---|---|
Ā | ALT+0256 Cap long A |
Ē | ALT+0274 Cap long E |
Ī | ALT+0298 Cap long I |
Ō | ALT+0332 Cap long O |
Ū | ALT+0362 Cap long U |
Ȳ | ALT+0562 Cap long Y |
Æ | ALT+0198 Cap short ash |
Ǣ | ALT+0482 Cap long ash |
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Vwl | ALT Code |
---|---|
ā | ALT+0257 Lower long A |
ē | ALT+0275 Lower long E |
ī | ALT+0299 Lower long I |
ō | ALT+0333 Lower long O |
ū | ALT+0363 Lower long U |
ȳ | ALT+0563 Lower long Y |
æ | ALT+0230 Lower short ash |
ǣ | ALT+0483 Lower long ash |
Cns | ALT Code |
---|---|
Ð | ALT+0208 Cap eth |
ð | ALT+0240 Lower eth |
Þ | ALT+0222 Cap Thorn |
þ | ALT+0254 Lower Thorn |
Ƿ | ALT+0503 Cap Wynn |
ƿ | ALT+0447 Lower Wynn |
Ȝ | ALT+0540 Cap Yogh |
ȝ | ALT+0541 Lower Yogh |
Ċ | ALT+0266 Cap C Dot |
ċ | ALT+0267 Lower C Dot |
Ġ | ALT+0288 Cap G Dot |
ġ | ALT+0289 Lower G Dot |
Manuscript Abbreviations
Below are codes for manuscript abbreviations amperagus (⁊) and slashed thorn (ꝥ), but you probably will need to download a comprehensive font to view them.
Sym | Character Code |
---|---|
⁊ | ALT+8266 Amperagus/Tironian ET |
ꝥ | ALT+42853 Thorn with slash |
Macintosh Extended Keyboard Codes
Apple has provided additional keyboards which allow you to enter Old English characters via Unicode.
For vowels, thorns, eths and superscript dots
You can switch to or the US/ABC Extended keyboard and use these additional accent codes.
Note: Another option is to insert them via the Character Viewer/Palette.
Character Name | Character | Code |
---|---|---|
Ash | æ, Æ | Option+’ (singequote) = lowercase aesc |
Thorn | þ,Þ | Option+T = lowercase thorn |
Eth | ð,Ð | Option+D = lowercase eth |
Macron (Long Vowel) | ǣ | Option+A, V |
Acute (Long Vowel Alt) | ǽ | Option+E, V |
Superscript Dot | ċ,ġ | Option+W,C |
Other Characters
You can switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard and use these Option numeric codes. Once entered, these letters can be cut and pasted
as needed. Another option is to insert them via the Character Viewer/Palette.
Note: You may need to download a comprehensive font to view manuscript conventions such as abbreviations amperagus (⁊) and slashed thorn (ꝥ).
Sym | Option Code |
---|---|
Ƿ | Option+01F7 Cap Wynn |
ƿ | Option+01BF Lower Wynn |
Ȝ | Option+021C Cap Yogh |
ȝ | Option+021D Lower Yogh |
⁊ | Option+204A Amperagus/Tironian ET |
ꝥ | Option+A765 Thorn with slash |
HTML Accent Codes
Unicode Encoding
If you use long marks, Unicode (utf-8
) is the required encoding for Web sites. If the following encodings are used instead, you may encounter display problems:
Avoid These
iso-8859-1
(Latin 1),iso-8859-15
(Latin with euro (€) symbol)win-1252
(Windows 1)
Language Tags
Language Tags allow browsers and other software to process text more efficiently.
Language Codes:
ang
(Old English/Anglo-Saxon)enm
(Middle English)sco
(Scots/Lallans)
The HTML Entity Codes
Use these codes to input accented letters in HTML. For instance, if you want
to type ġeþwǣre, you would type ġeþǣre. These numbers are also used with the Word Numeric ALT codes listed above.
HTML Entity Codes for Old English
Vwl | Entity Code |
---|---|
Ā | Ā Capital Long A |
Ē | Ē Capital Long E |
Ī | Ī Capital Long I |
Ō | Ō Capital Long O |
Ū | Ū Capital Long U |
Ȳ | Ȳ Cap long Y |
Æ | Æ Cap AE lig |
Ǣ | Ǣ Cap long ash |
Vwl | Entity Code |
---|---|
ā | ā Lower long A |
ē | ē Lower long E |
ī | ī Lower long I |
ō | ō Lower long O |
ū | ū Lower long U |
ȳ | ȳ Lower long Y |
æ | æ AE lig |
ǣ | ǣ Lower long ash |
Cns | Entity Code |
---|---|
Ð | Ð (208) Cap eth |
ð | ð (240) Lower eth |
Þ | Þ (222) Cap thorn |
þ | þ (254) Lower thorn |
Ƿ | Ƿ Cap Wynn |
ƿ | ƿ Lower Wynn |
Ȝ | Ȝ Cap Yogh |
ȝ | ȝ Lower Yogh |
Ċ | Ċ Cap C Dot |
ċ | ċ Lower C Dot |
Ġ | Ġ Cap G Dot |
ġ | ġ Lower G Dot |
Manuscript Abbreviations
Below are codes for manuscript abbreviations amperagus (⁊) and slashed thorn (ꝥ), but you probably will need to download a comprehensive font to view them.
Sym | Entity Code |
---|---|
⁊ | ⁊ Amperagus/Tironian ET |
ꝥ | ꝥ Thorn with slash ('that') |
Links
Freeware Fonts
Both Microsoft and Apple provide fonts with Old English support, but they are
sans-serif fonts. These fonts include the characters and are serif fonts, which tend to be more readable for
medieval languages.
- Palemonas MUFI – Comprehensive and Includes bold/Italic
- Quivira Font – Also very comprehensive
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Additional Information
- Old English and Middle English Scripts in Unicode – Phologica Net
Old English Language
Scots/Lallans Language
- Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL)