Tionscadal na Nod

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pro (p with tail)

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

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 11aFile:

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Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 [s. xv–xviⁱⁿ], f. 57rbFile:

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

Represents in Latin:

pro

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Combination

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Alphabetic letters:

p (regular)

Represents: p (Irish)p (Latin)

Meaning

Represents:

In Latin: pro

Type of unit:

Lexical item

Lexical class:

preposition

Context

Comments:

For a discussion of the abbreviations for per, prae and pro, see W. M. Lindsay, Notae Latinae: an account of abbreviation in Latin mss. of the early minuscule period, c. 700-850 (1915): 175-186

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