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- 1460 — , Knyghthode & Bataile
- Thi writer eek, pray him to taken hede Of thi cadence and kepe Ortographie, That neither he take of ner multiplye.
- (linguistics)
- (countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
1829, John Jones, A Defence of the Reformed System of Welsh Orthography: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: S. Collingwood, printer to the University, for the author, →OCLC, page 4:The Eisteddvod has not, however, been altogether inactive,—we are indebted to it for presenting us with several excellent prize compositions, both in poetry and prose; and as the subject of one of its essays, viz. that on Welsh orthography, is of peculiar interest to the Welsh writers of the present day, I have thought proper to select it for my present treatise, that I might offer a few observations upon it, and so become instrumental, if possible, in establishing the orthography of our language.