ogam

[ og-uhm, aw-guhm ]

noun

1. a variant of ogham.

Example Sentences

The inscriptions upon such stones, when they are inscribed, are usually in Ogam or Runic characters.

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It bears an Ogam inscription on two angles of the same face, and debased Roman characters on the front and back.

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The language of the Ogam inscriptions is the oldest form of Goidelic with which we are acquainted.

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It may, however, be regarded as certain that the Ogam script was never employed in early times for literary purposes.

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Ogam, a sort of writing, often used on sepulchral stones to mark the names of the persons buried.

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