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Uí (.h.)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ], f. 88rFile:

Letters displayed:

<h>

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

Represents in Irish:

Uí / hUí

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Combination

Notational device:

Baseline symbol

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Alphabetic letters:

h (regular)

Represents: h (Irish)h (Latin)

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enclosing punctus (abbreviating device)

Represents:

□()

Notational device: Baseline symbol

Comments

Note the suggestion by Donnchadh Ó Corráin, ‘Áui, Úi, Uí: a palaeographical problem?’ in Early medieval Ireland and Europe... (2015) that the abbreviation .h. ultimately derives from Tironian a.

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: Uí / hUí

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