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English
Noun
straight r (plural straight rs)
- (typography) The usual form of the letter r (which is r), as contrasted with r rotunda (ꝛ).
- 1989, Arend Quak, Florus (Floor) Rhee, Palaeogermanica et onomastica., Rodopi (→ISBN), page 3:
- completely informed about the decisions made and the reasons to make them, e.g. r rotunda does not figure in the transcription as the use of straight r and r rotunda is governed by the preceding character and thus completely predictable.
2000, Anna A. Grotans, Heinrich Beck, Anton Schwob, De consolatione philogiae: studies in honor of Evelyn S. Firchow, volume 2, page 624:And certain geminated consonants are represented by capitals : ɢ, ɴ, ʀ, ꜱ. Does a form like haʀ mean a long r, or is it a scribal habit on the level of the usage of r rotunda, not straight r, after round letters? The occurrence of forms with -rr […]
2017, Andrea de Leeuw van Weenen, A Grammar of Möðruvallabók, BRILL, →ISBN, page 11:The distinction between r rotunda and straight r has not been kept in the transcription, as the usage of r rotunda is predictable from the preceding character: r rotunda is used after round letters.
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