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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Entries related in meaning: | Possible equivalents matching one of the values in the transcription above, if available
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