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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

insular s en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The s character in Insular script or the ꞅ character when distinct from s or ſ.
    • Here the Textus Roffensis copy uses insular s exclusively (nineteen occurrences), with eight occurrences of ð but non of þ. 2001, Carole Hough, “Palaeographical evidence for the compilation of Textus Roffensis”, in Scriptorium, number 55, page 59:

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insular s's Number=Plur lexicographic

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