Tionscadal na Nod

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Colum Cille (.c.c.)

Image:

Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 11bFile:

Letters displayed:

<.c.c.>

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

Represents in Irish:

colum cille / Colum Cille

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

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Example

Characters include:

c (regular)

Represents: c (Irish)c (Latin)

Components include:

enclosing punctus (abbreviating device)

Represents:

□()

Notational device: Baseline symbol

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: colum cille / Colum Cille

Comments:

The same abbreviation is sometimes used for Cú Chulainn, the protagonist in Táin bó Cúailnge and stories of the Ulster Cycle.

Type of unit:

Lexical item

Lexical class:

noun phrase, personal name

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