Tionscadal na Nod

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suspension stroke (sinuous)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a (476) = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 1 [c. 1435-1440], f. 2rb23File:

Represents in Irish:

□ar / □air

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Component

Position:

Superscript

Type of symbol:

Symbol

Not to be confused with:

ur (superscript wavy)

Comments

As shown by Caoimhín Breatnach, ‘Manuscript abbreviations and other scribal features in the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum’, Ériu 61 (2011), this stroke occurs almost exclusively on top of an m.

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: □ar / □air

Context

Manuscripts:

Dublin, Royal irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a

Frequency:

rare

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

mar, mair (sinuous suspension stroke)

Represents: mar, mair (Irish)

Notational device: Superscript symbol

Entries related in meaning:

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

suspension stroke (wavy)

Represents: □()r, □ir, □er, □ar, ir□ (Irish)

Notational device: Allograph Allograph of:  suspension stroke