spiritus asper

> spiritus asper

Image:

[File] Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²], p. 113b

Represents in Irish:

□h

(in the scribe's mind or in normalised spelling)

Appearance

Build type:

Component

Notational device:

» Allograph

Position:

Superscript

Type of symbol:

Symbol

Allograph of:

>		punctum delens (lenition)
		Represents: » □h

Meaning

Represents:

» In Irish: □h

» Known in Latin and English as spiritus asper

Provenance

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

>

ch (spiritus asper)

Represents: » ch (Irish) » Notational device: Superscript symbol

examples in context
	chomram
	chucumsa

>		chomram
		Represents: » chomram (Irish)

>		chucu (example)
		Represents: » chucu (Irish)

>		dochum (example)
		Represents: » dochum (Irish)

>

ech (digraph with spiritus asper)

Represents: » ech (Irish) » Notational device: Superscript symbol, Digraph

examples in context
	imthechus

>

eth (Tironian et with spiritus asper)

Represents: » eth, eadh » Notational device: Superscript symbol, Baseline symbol

examples in context
	cethra

>		fomchind (example)
		Represents: » fomchind (Irish)

>		in cruth sin (example)
		Represents: » in cruthsin, in cruth sin (Irish)

>		laech (ligature ae and c with spiritus)
		Represents: » laech (Irish)

>		th (spiritus asper)
		Represents: » th » Notational device: Superscript symbol

Entries related in meaning:

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

>		breve
		Represents: » □h » Notational device: Allograph » Allograph of: punctum delens (lenition)

>		punctum delens (lenition)
		Represents: » □h

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