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insular s

insular s noun: the s character in Insular script or the ꞅ character when distinct from s or ſ.

Noun

insular s (plural insular s's)

  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

Forms of insular s

pluralinsular s's

Questions about insular s

What does insular s mean?
Insular s means the s character in Insular script or the ꞅ character when distinct from s or ſ.
What part of speech is insular s?
Insular s is a noun.
What is the plural of insular s?
The plural of insular s is insular s's.

Words near insular s in the dictionary

  1. insular gray fox
  2. insular gray foxes
  3. insular grey fox
  4. insular grey foxes
  5. Insular Peninsula
  6. insular s
  7. insular script
  8. insular Spaniard
  9. insular Spaniards
  10. insular tameness
  11. insularinase

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