insular s

noun

The s character in Insular script or the ꞅ character when distinct from s or ſ.

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nouninsular s (plural insular s'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
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