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ea (digraph)

Image:

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

Letters displayed:

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

Letters represented:

ea

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Combination

Notational device:

Digraph

Components:

At the baseline:

Digraph letters:

Allograph of the letter e

Represents: e, e□ (Irish)e, e□ (Latin)

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

and

a (allograph)

Represents: a (Irish)a (Latin)

Notational device: Allograph Allograph of:  a (pointed, triangular)

Meaning

Represents:

ea

Context

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

ea (ligature)

Represents: ea (Irish)

Notational device: Ligature

ea (ligature of allograph e and subscript a)

Represents: ea (Irish)

Notational device: Ligature