Tionscadal na Nod

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sein (example)

Image:

Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 7File:

Letters displayed:

<sei>

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

Represents in Irish:

sein

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

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Example

Characters include:

s (insular)

Represents: s (Irish)s (Latin)

and

ei (digraph)

Represents: ei (Irish)ei (Latin)

Notational device: Digraph

Components include:

suspension stroke

Represents:

□n, □(), n□, ()□

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: sein

Context

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