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A curled mark closing a word.
Also known as: Us curl abbreviation, Ending abbreviation manuscript
The scribal mark standing for the ending -us, written as a small curl at the end of a word.
Stands for the ending -us in a Latin manuscript hand.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Abbreviates a grammatical ending rather than a root, so the scribal system compresses the most predictable parts of a word first.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A small curled stroke written at the end of a word, raised above the line of writing.