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eir (subscript ir)

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

Letters displayed:

<ei / e>

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

Represents in Irish:

eir

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Combination

Notational device:

Digraph

Components:

At the baseline:

Digraph letters:

e (regular letter)

Represents: e (Irish)e (Latin)

In subscript:

Digraph letters:

ir (cross stroke)

Represents:

ir

Notational device: Subscript letter, Subscript symbol

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: eir

Context

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

Entries related in meaning:

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