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arr (double stroke)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 (1134) = Book of Fermoy [s. xiv/xv], p. 160aFile:

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394], f. 112raFile:

Letters displayed:

<q>

Base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye.

Represents in Irish:

arr

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

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Combination

Notational device:

Subscript symbol

Components:

At the baseline:

Alphabetic letters:

q (regular)

Represents: cu, cú (Irish)q (Latin)

In subscript:

Symbols:

cross stroke (subscript)

Represents: □(), □()r, (miscellaneous) (Irish)

and

cross stroke (subscript)

Represents: □(), □()r, (miscellaneous) (Irish)

Comments

A variation on ar (with stroke), with an added stroke to double the consonants (rr).

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: arr

Context

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Examples in other contexts, if available

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Possible equivalents matching one of the values in the transcription above, if available