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E caudata

The e caudata ("tailed e") is a modified form of the letter E that can be graphically represented as E with ogonek (ę) but which has a distinct history of usage. It was used in Latin from as early as the twelfth century to represent the vowel also written ae or æ.

In Middle and Early Modern Irish manuscripts, and in unnormalised transcriptions of them, e caudata is used for e, ae and ea.

The word caudata means "tailed" (or "with a tail") from the Latin word cauda "tail".

See also

• Æ
• Ogonek