mar, mair (sinuous suspension stroke)

Image:
Mar-mair-23O48f2rb23.jpg
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):



Ar-air-23O48f2rb23.png
suspension stroke (sinuous)
Represents: □ar, □air (Irish)
At the baseline:
Alphabetic letters:



M2a.png M2b.png
m (regular)
Represents: m (Irish)m (Latin)
Meaning
Represents:
In Irish: mar / mair
Context