Tionscadal na Nod

StartIntroduction/AboutGlossaryBibliographyFeedback

Alphabetic symbolsSuperscripts and subscriptsSuspension strokesDigraphs and ligaturesBaseline symbolsPunctuation, critical signs and numeralsGallery

1. Home
2. Tionscadal na Nod
3. Examples
4. acht (a and s with suspension stroke)

acht (a and s with suspension stroke)

Image:

Source: Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 1303 = Leabhar Í Eadhra (Book of O'Hara) [1597], p. 17File:

Letters displayed:

<as>

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

Represents in Irish:

acht

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Example

Characters include:

a (pointed, triangular)

Represents: a (Irish)a (Latin)

and

s (insular) with suspension stroke

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

Notational device: Superscript symbol

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: acht

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

sus (digraph with long s)

Represents: sus, sas, sed, acht (Irish)sus, set, sed (Latin)

Notational device: Digraph

acht (a and s with suspension stroke)

Represents: acht (Irish)

acht (ligature)

Represents: acht (Irish)

s (insular) with suspension stroke

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

Notational device: Superscript symbol

sed, acht (insular s with us symbol)

Represents: acht (Irish)set, sed (Latin)