Tionscadal na Nod

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uir (subscript ir)

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Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 (1134) = Book of Fermoy [s. xiv/xv], p. 159bFile:

Letters displayed:

<ui / u>

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

Represents in Irish:

uir

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Example

Characters include:

u (v-shaped)

Represents: u (Irish)u, v (Latin)

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

Components include:

ir (cross stroke)

Represents:

ir

Notational device: Subscript letter, Subscript symbol

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: uir

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

uir (ur with superscript i)

Represents: uir (Irish)

Notational device: Superscript letter, Baseline symbol