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fer (vertical tilde)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a (476) = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 1 [c. 1435-1440], f. 26rFile:

Letters displayed:

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

Represents in Irish:

fer

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Combination

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Symbol(s):

er (vertical tilde or 'flame')

Represents: □er, □ear, □r (Irish)

At the baseline:

Alphabetic letters:

f (regular)

Represents: f (Irish)f (Latin)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: fer

Type of unit:

Lexical item

Lexical class:

noun

Context

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Examples in other contexts, if available

Fergus (vertical tilde)

Represents: fergus, Fergus (Irish)

Entries related in meaning:

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