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Finnish

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Etymology

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See Ö.

Letter

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(lower case ) (archaic)

  1. An archaic form of Ö, a letter of the Finnish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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Used roughly until the early 19th century, chiefly in texts typed in fraktur (blackletter).

Swedish

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Letter

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(lower case )

  1. An archaic form of Ö, a letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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Noun

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 f

  1. obsolete typography of ö (island)
    • 1795 November 21, “Litteratur [Literature]”, in Stockholms Poſten, number 267, page 1:
      Cuthullin, Faͤltmarſkalk uti Erin (Irland), ſaknar, i det oͤgonblick då han wille framrycka mot Swaran, Lochlins Konung, ſom gjort en landſtigning på Oͤn, trenne af ſina tapprasſe hjeltar, Sergus, Duchomar och Cathbat.
      Cuthullin, Field Marshal of Erin (Ireland), misses, at the moment when he wished to advance against Swaran, King of Lochlin, who had landed on the island, three of his bravest heroes, Sergus, Duchomar, and Cathbat.

Declension

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Declension of  
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative Oͤn Oͤar Oͤarna
Genitive Oͤs Oͤns Oͤars Oͤarnas