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uaire (u + ligature ar/e + superscript i)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a (476) = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 1 [c. 1435-1440], f. 26rFile:

Letters displayed:

<uqie / uqe / uq>

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

Represents in Irish:

uaire

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Example

Characters include:

u (broken)

Represents: u (Irish)u (Latin)

Notational device: Allograph Allograph of:  u (regular letter)

and

are (ligature of ar and e)

Represents: are (Irish)are, que(?) (Latin)

Notational device: Ligature

Components include:

i (superscript), angular variant

Represents: □ri, □ir (Irish)□ri, □ir (Latin)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: uaire

Context

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