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4. digraph of long s and insular s

digraph of long s and insular s

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 20File:

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Letters displayed:

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

Letters represented:

ss

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Combination

Notational device:

Digraph

Components:

At the baseline:

Digraph letters:

s (long)

Represents: s (Irish)s (Latin)

Notational device: Allograph Allograph of:  s (insular)

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s (insular)

Represents: s (Irish)s (Latin)

Meaning

Represents:

ss

Context

Language:

Irish

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

ass (insular and long s)

Represents: ass (Irish)

friss (example)

Represents:

friss

Entries related in meaning:

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