ogham

/og-uhm, aw-guhm/US // ˈɒg əm, ˈɔ gəm //UK // (ˈɒɡəm, ɔːm) //

奥格姆,欧格姆,奥古姆,奥格姆语

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an alphabetical script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.
- : any of the 20 characters of this script, each consisting of one or more strokes for consonants and of notches for vowels cut across or upon a central line on a stone or piece of wood.
- : an inscription employing this script.

These inscriptions are called in Ireland “ogham;” they are principally straight lines, grouped in different ways.
Ogham, a sort of writing often used on tombstones to mark the names of the persons buried.
The alphabet of the Irish bard may have been the Beith-luis-nion, represented by the Ogham character, of which more hereafter.
It is to be regretted that the subject of Ogham writing has not been taken up by a careful and competent hand.
Each practice is quite as primitive an effort of nature as the Ogham of the Celtic bard.