Tionscadal na Nod

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saer (example)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 (1134) = Book of Fermoy [s. xiv/xv], p. 112File:

Letters displayed:

<sae>

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

Represents in Irish:

saer

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Example

Characters include:

Ligature of a and e

Represents:

ae

Notational device: Ligature

Components include:

er (vertical tilde or 'flame')

Represents: □er, □ear, □r (Irish)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: saer

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