Tionscadal na Nod

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ni handsa (stroke)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 7File:

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 120aFile:

Letters displayed:

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

Represents in Irish:

ni handsa / ni hannsa / ni annsa / ní handsa (etc.)

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Example

Characters include:

i with suspension stroke

Represents: in, i(), ingen (Irish)i() (Latin)

Notational device: Superscript symbol

Components include:

enclosing punctus (critical sign)

Represents:

(marks out special graphs)

Notational device: Baseline symbol, Critical sign

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: ni handsa / ni hannsa / ni annsa / ní handsa (etc.)

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