A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc.
A form of the word Oghgul, meaning "Irish." Many stone memorials bearing the Ogham script exist throughout Wales and are peculiar to it.
sacred writing of islander Celts. It is made with nicks in wood or stone. Each letter is associated with a tree. These letters were created by Ogma, god of knowledge.
A magical alphabet of the Celts composed of 20 letters called fews, each standing for a different kind of tree. It is very simple in appearance, being made up of short vertical or diagonal strokes set against or across a horizontal line.
( Pron. 'oh-am' or 'oh-yam') An alphabet used to write Celtic and Pictish languages in the British Isles before being superseded by the Latin alphabet.
The ancient alphabet of the Celtic people, consisting of a series of marks in relation to a center line. It is used today for sacred writings and divination.
Ogham Stone Orthostat Outlier
Ancient alphabet, in which letters are formed of parallel lines which meet or cross a base-line. Possibly of Irish origin
a form of the Latin alphabet used for inscriptions in Celtic countries in the early medieval period
(rhyming with poem) The earliest form of writing used by the Irish (fourth to seventh centuries), and found on the edge of standing stones. Employing a twenty-character alphabet derived from Latin, the letters were represented by varying strokes and notches, and read from the bottom upwards.
Ogham (Old Irish Ogam) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to represent Gaelic languages. Ogham is sometimes referred to as the "Celtic Tree Alphabet." The word is pronounced in Old Irish and or in Modern Irish.