Tionscadal na Nod

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Connacht (reversed c and sed)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406], f. 149vFile:

Letters displayed:

<ns / ↄns>

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

Letters represented:

connacht / Connacht

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Example

Characters include:

con (reversed c)

Represents: con (Irish)con (Latin)

and

s (insular) with suspension stroke

Represents: acht, cht, sed, s(), ()s() (Irish)sed, s() (Latin)

Notational device: Superscript symbol

Meaning

Represents:

connacht / Connacht

Type of unit:

Lexical item

Lexical class:

noun, place name

Context

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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

Connacht (reversed c and sed)

Represents:

connacht, Connacht