The following table lists the names used to search for Old and Middle English characters.

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Character Name Appearance
Insular g (upper-case) Asg {Asg}
Insular g (lower-case) asg {asg}
edh (upper-case) Edh Ð
edh (lower-case) edh ð
thorn (upper-case) Th Þ
thorn (lower-case) th þ
wynn (upper-case) Wyn {Wyn}
wynn (lower-case) wyn {wyn}
yogh (upper-case) Ygh {Ygh}
yogh (lower-case) ygh {ygh}

Note that some of these ligatures may also be accented, in which case the name of the character should be extended by the name of the accent(s), as in searching for accented roman characters. For example, þ with a bar through it ({thbar}) is called #thbar#.

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