I don't think this is anything more than a macron stylised a particular way
in this typeface.
All the transcriptions I've seen of Bosworth-Toller use a macron.
James
On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:43 AM Julian Bradfield via Unicode <
unicode@unicode.org> wrote:
> The celebrated Bosworth-Toller
Does it also contrast with a circumflex? Historically, circumflexes were quite flexible in their graphical representation.
--Jörg Knappen
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Von: "Julian Bradfield via Unicode"
An: unicode@unicode.org
Betreff: acute-mac
On 4/30/2019 12:45 AM, Julian Bradfield via Unicode wrote:
What is its appropriate Unicode representation?
A macron.
--Ken
The celebrated Bosworth-Toller dictionary of Anglo-Saxon uses a
curious diacritic to mark long vowels. It may be described as a long
shallow acute with a small down-tick at the right.
It contrasts with an acute (quite steep in this typeface) used to mark
accented short vowels.
Both can be seen in
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