Also 8 estrangel, 9 estrangela. [Syriac estrangelō: Nöldeke accepts the view of Assemani that the word is a. Gr. στρογγύλος rounded.] An archaic form of the Syriac alphabet. Also attrib.
1730–6. Bailey (folio), Estrangel, the Estrangelus character, a particular species or form of Syriack letter serving as capitals.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., s.v., The Abyssinians … still occasionally use the estrangel character.
1853. H. Burgess, Hymns Ephraem Syrus, Introd. 93. The four gospels in the Estrangelo character.
1883. Palæogr. Soc. Facsimiles, Orient. Ser. VIII. Pl. xcix. A small, elegant Estrangela.
Mod. The Estrangelo Syriac version of the Gospels.
