"hooked e" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2025, Thomas H. Bestul, Durham Book of Devotions: Edited from London, Society of Antiquaries, MS. 7, Brill, page 15:",
          "text": "I have expanded hooked e as ae even in words where classical Latin demands an ae spelling. The scribe was by no means consistent in his use of the hooked e: thus we have caelum beside celum, aecclesia and ecclesia. The scribe also sometimes used the hooked e in spelling the final e of adverbs, of vocative adjectives, or of the imperative singular of verbs; I render these simply as e.",
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        "Synonym of e caudata."
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          "word": "e caudata"
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  "word": "hooked e"
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          "text": "I have expanded hooked e as ae even in words where classical Latin demands an ae spelling. The scribe was by no means consistent in his use of the hooked e: thus we have caelum beside celum, aecclesia and ecclesia. The scribe also sometimes used the hooked e in spelling the final e of adverbs, of vocative adjectives, or of the imperative singular of verbs; I render these simply as e.",
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        "Synonym of e caudata."
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