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Old Irish writing
Answer for the clue "Old Irish writing ", 4 letters:
ogam
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Word definitions for ogam in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of ogham English)
Usage examples of ogam.
Irish monks, who had long guarded the proof of those ancient explorations: proofs recorded in the forgotten Ogam alphabets, writing like claw marks.
It was a caftan, dyed brown and woven with black ogam symbols at the neck and hem and bordering the long, flowing sleeves.
Maeniel, who could read the sticklike ogam, saw that these were blessings intended to protect the wearer.
They have been associated with witchcraft, and the symbols resemble some of the ogam symbols of the druids.
Then I saw what it was: the remains of some ancient writing, the ogam letters blurred and worn till they showed like the fletching on a shaft, and a barbed head pointing westwards.
Over the place where the water bubbled out of the side of the hill stood a stone carved in ogam and dedicated to Tywi, the god of the spring.
As he made his way to the oak grove, Hafgan paused and offered a blessing to the god of the spring, then kissed the ogam stone and continued on his way.