Tionscadal na Nod

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S (short)
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	» 1. [File] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 81 » 2. [File] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406], f. 148v
Letter(s) displayed:	<S>	(base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye)
Letter(s) represented:	S	(in the scribe's mind or in normalised spelling)
Appearance
Build type:	Component
Position:	Baseline
Type of symbol:	Alphabetic letter
Letter case:	majuscule
Equivalent form in minuscule:	s (insular)
Comments:	A smaller or 'minuscule' version of short s is occasionally found in place of an insular or long s. It may be used, for instance, when it concludes a line of writing, as in (no)-regtaiss below.
Meaning
Represents:	» S
Provenance
See also
Examples in context:	Examples in other contexts, if available > Is (I through S) Represents: » IS, Is » Notational device: Ligature > iS (vertical S through I) Represents: » IS, Is (Irish)  » Notational device: Ligature > regtaiss (example) Represents: » regtaiss (Irish)
Entries related in meaning:	Possible equivalents matching one of the values in the transcription above, if available

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