0

What is the name of this sign? (in "Psalterium Davidis Latino-Saxonicum vetus", Psalms 78:52) enter image description here

HungarianMan
  • 163
  • 2
    If it helps anyone: the Latin gregem means "herd, flock" here, so the word in question is likely an Old English translation of that. – alphabet Jul 23 '23 at 13:46
  • Are you sure this isn't just slightly different calligraphy for the symbol you already asked about with What is the name of the sign “ł”? – FumbleFingers Jul 23 '23 at 13:48
  • 1
    @FumbleFingers I doubt it. The line being translated doesn't contain a Latin word for "or." – alphabet Jul 23 '23 at 14:00
  • 1
    That Psalterium link led no-where helpful and two queries about the Question.

    Why ask in English Language Usage about something so ancient, it hardly qualifies even as Old English?

    Beside such, if the symbol really is obscure, why not Post some of the best available translations of that text, hi-lighting the doubts around that character?

     – Robbie Goodwin Jul 23 '23 at 16:22
  • I actually see the word People, so the cross reads as P to me. – Yosef Baskin Jul 23 '23 at 16:31
  • 2
    @YosefBaskin I believe the second-to-last letter is a "d," not an "l." The third-to-last is (I think) OE "w," so it ends "eowde." – alphabet Jul 23 '23 at 17:29

1 Answers1

4

The mark is an obelus n.

obelus n. from the Oxford Reference

Forms obelus n. Also (Latinate) obelo, (pl.) obeli, oboli. (a roasting spit)

Definitions 1. A mark used in a manuscript to indicate additions, corrections, erasures, etc.

It is the equivalent of an asterisk

eowde n. = flock of sheep which ties in with the Latin gregem

Greybeard
  • 41,737