anglo-saxon alphabet

anglo-saxon alphabet
noun
Usage: usually capitalized 1st A&S
: the Latin alphabet as modified for writing Old English by the addition of the four characters æ or ę, edh, thorn, and wen — called also Old English alphabet

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