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mar, mair (sinuous suspension stroke)

Image:

Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a (476) = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 1 [c. 1435-1440], f. 2rb23File:

Letters displayed:

<m>

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

Represents in Irish:

mar / mair

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Combination

Notational device:

Superscript symbol

Components:

In superscript:

Symbol(s):

suspension stroke (sinuous)

Represents: □ar, □air (Irish)

At the baseline:

Alphabetic letters:

m (regular)

Represents: m (Irish)m (Latin)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: mar / mair

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

m with suspension stroke

Represents: mar, m(), ()m (Irish)m() (Latin)

Notational device: Superscript symbol