ꞅ

See also: ſ, г, ɼ, ɾ, and Appendix:Variations of "s"

ꞅ U+A785, ꞅ LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR S ← Ꞅ [U+A784] Latin Extended-D Ꞇ → [U+A786]

Translingual

Letter

ꞅ (uppercase Ꞅ)

1. Insular script form of s.

Usage notes

This character may be used when there is a contrast with Carolingian s. The usual character for Insular s is simply s in an Insular font.

See also

• ꞅ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Old English

Letter

ꞅ (upper case Ꞅ)

1. Insular script form of s.

   Johnson (1828): To STARVE. v. n. [ꞅꞇeaꞃꝼan, Sax. sterven, Dut. to die.]

Usage notes

This is normally encoded as an ASCII s and handled by the font, as there is no semantic distinction between the two styles. There is occasional mixed text, as in the etymology for 'starve' in Johnson's 1828 dictionary above.

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Letter

ꞅ (upper case Ꞅ)

1. A text may contrast ꞅ in Norse words and s (or long ſ) in Latin words. These may also contrast with r rotunda ⟨ꝛ⟩.

   Preꞇeriꞇo inꝑfecꞇo docebaꞇ᷑ aꞇe· þu ꞇæhꞇeſꞇ nu æꞃ· Preꞇeriꞇo ꝑfecꞇo· docꞇũ eraꞇ anoƀ· ƿe ꞇæhꞇon· ⁊ꞅƿa ꝼoꞃꝺ· Infiniꞇiuo modo· doceri ame uolo· ic ƿylle ꞇæcan· doceri anoƀ uolum᷒· ƿe ƿẏllaþ ꞇæcan· Ac þiꞅeꞅ ᵹe meꞇeꞅ niꞅ nan neoꝺ· Gerundia ꝉ parꞇici-