Tionscadal na Nod

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S (short)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 81File:

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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. 148vFile:

Letters displayed:

<S>

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

Letters represented:

S

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Component

Position:

Baseline

Type of symbol:

Alphabetic letter

Letter case:

majuscule

Equivalent form in minuscule:

s (insular)

Comments

A smaller or 'minuscule' version of short s is occasionally found in place of an insular or long s. It may be used, for instance, when it concludes a line of writing, as in (no)-regtaiss below.

Meaning

Represents:

S

Context

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

Is (I through S)

Represents:

IS, Is

Notational device: Ligature

iS (vertical S through I)

Represents: IS, Is (Irish)

Notational device: Ligature

regtaiss (example)

Represents: regtaiss (Irish)

Entries related in meaning:

Possible equivalents matching one of the values in the transcription above, if available