Abbreviation · Signs

What does u͛ (euer) mean?

-er · -re · -ar

a hook or zigzag above a letter: er/re (eu͛ = euer, neu͛ = neuer). It can also stand for ir/ri, or for or as in uxor; over p it is always re

Meet oftenUnit 11

You’ll find it in registers, wills, inventories, deeds, letters, court records and accounts.

Examples

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Listed in C. T. Martin, The Record Interpreter (1910).

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Model letters: R. B. McKerrow, An Introduction to Bibliography (1927); Jean de Beauchesne & John Baildon, A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands (1570 and 1581); Giovambattista Palatino, Libro nel qual s’insegna a scrivere (1550); and manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library; all public domain. They stand in until Leo’s own model letters are drawn. Secretary letters typeset in Joscelyn by Peter S. Baker (SIL Open Font License).