Tionscadal na Nod

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ass (insular and long s)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 20File:

Letters displayed:

<ass>

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

Represents in Irish:

ass

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Example

Characters include:

digraph of long s and insular s

Represents:

ss

Notational device: Digraph

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: ass

Type of unit:

Lexical item

Lexical class:

preposition

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