Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A dearest ring in which the T is represented by tourmaline instead of topaz. An acrostic ring is a ring on which the initials of the precious stones on the band spell out a word in an acrostic style. In some cases, paste gems were used instead of precious stones. [1] [2]
Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...
The letter ů now has the same pronunciation as the letter ú (long [uː]), but changes to a short o when a word is morphed (e.g. nom. kůň → gen. koně, nom. dům → gen. domu), thus showing the historical evolution of the language.
E with left half ring below: E̹ e̹: E with right half ring below: È̹ è̹: E with right half ring below and grave: É̹ é̹: E with right half ring below and acute: Ê̹ ê̹: E with right half ring below and circumflex: Ẽ̹ ẽ̹: E with right half ring below and tilde: Ē̹ ē̹: E with right half ring below and macron: Ḕ̹ ḕ̹
In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes or letters are joined to form a single glyph.Examples are the characters æ and œ used in English and French, in which the letters a and e are joined for the first ligature and the letters o and e are joined for the second ligature.
Newell notes that "[a]t the end of the words the children suddenly stoop, and the last to get down undergoes some penalty, or has to take the place of the child in the centre, who represents the 'rosie' (rose-tree; French, rosier)." [7] In an 1846 article from the Brooklyn Eagle, a different version of the game called Ring o' Roses is described ...
He called a letter, a written representation of a spoken phoneme (tengwë), a tengwa. Previously, any letter or symbol had been called a sarat (from *sar "incise"). The alphabet of Rúmil of Tirion, on which Fëanor supposedly based his own work, was known as Sarati. It later became known as "Tengwar of Rúmil". [1]
Draupnir multiplying itself The third gift — an enormous hammer (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.The ring Draupnir is visible among other creations by the Sons of Ivaldi.. In Norse mythology, Draupnir (Old Norse: [ˈdrɔupnez̠], "the dripper" [1]) is a gold ring possessed by the god Odin with the ability to multiply itself: Every ninth night, eight new rings 'drip' from Draupnir, each one of the ...