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sus (digraph with long s)

Image:

Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 [s. xv–xviⁱⁿ], f. 31vaFile:

Letters displayed:

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

Represents in Irish:

sus / sas / sed / acht

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Represents in Latin:

sus / set / sed

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)

and

us (symbol)

Represents: us, as, os (Irish)us, et, () (Latin)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: sus / sas / sed / acht

In Latin: sus / set / sed

Comments:

Cf. sed, acht (insular s with us symbol)

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

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)