Tionscadal na Nod

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Fergus (vertical tilde)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 (1134) = Book of Fermoy [s. xiv/xv], p. 32File:

Letters displayed:

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

Represents in Irish:

fergus / Fergus

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Example

Characters include:

fer (vertical tilde)

Represents: fer (Irish)

Notational device: Superscript symbol

and

us (symbol)

Represents: us, as, os (Irish)us, et, () (Latin)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: fergus / Fergus

Type of unit:

Lexical item

Lexical class:

noun, personal name

Context

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