ꞃ

Letter

 * 1)  form of r.

Usage notes
This character may be used when there is a contrast with Carolingian r. The usual character for Insular r is simply r in an Insular font.

Letter

 * 1)  form of r.
 * Johnson (1828): To STARVE. v. n. [ꞅꞇeaꞃꝼan, Sax. sterven, Dut. to die.]
 * Johnson (1828): To STARVE. v. n. [ꞅꞇeaꞃꝼan, Sax. sterven, Dut. to die.]

Usage notes
This is normally encoded as an ASCII r and handled by the font, as there is no semantic distinction between the two styles. There are occasional mixed text, as in the etymology for 'starve' in Johnson's 1828 dictionary above.

Letter

 * 1) A text may contrast ꞃ in Norse words and r in Latin words. These may also contrast with r rotunda ⟨ꝛ⟩.
 * Preꞇeriꞇo inꝑfecꞇo docebaꞇ᷑ aꞇe· þu ꞇæhꞇeſꞇ nu æꞃ· Preꞇeriꞇo ꝑfecꞇo· docꞇũ eraꞇ anoƀ· ƿe ꞇæhꞇon· ⁊ꞅƿa ꝼoꞃꝺ· Infiniꞇiuo modo· doceri ame uolo· ic ƿylle ꞇæcan· doceri anoƀ uolum᷒· ƿe ƿẏllaþ ꞇæcan· Ac þiꞅeꞅ ᵹe meꞇeꞅ niꞅ nan neoꝺ· Gerundia ꝉ parꞇici-