acht (a and s with suspension stroke)

Image:

[File] Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 1303 = Leabhar Í Eadhra (Book of O'Hara) [1597], p. 17

Letter(s) displayed:

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(base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye)

Represents in Irish:

acht

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

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Example

Characters include:

>		a (pointed, triangular)
		Represents: » a (Irish) » a (Latin)

and

>		s (insular) with suspension stroke
		Represents: » acht, cht, sed, s(), ()s() (Irish) » sed, s() (Latin) » Notational device: Superscript symbol

Meaning

Represents:

» In Irish: acht

Provenance

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

>		acht (ligature)
		Represents: » acht (Irish)

>		s (insular) with suspension stroke
		Represents: » acht, cht, sed, s(), ()s() (Irish) » sed, s() (Latin) » Notational device: Superscript symbol

>		sed, acht (insular s with us symbol)
		Represents: » acht (Irish) » set, sed (Latin)

>		sus (digraph with long s)
		Represents: » sus, sas, sed, acht (Irish) » sus, set, sed (Latin) » Notational device: Digraph

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