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U+1E9C, ẜ
LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DIAGONAL STROKE

[U+1E9B]
Latin Extended Additional
[U+1E9D]

Latin

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(no case)

  1. scribal abbreviation of words such as solidi, sed, sunt, secundum

Latvian

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  1. (obsolete) The long form of the Latvian letter , which was abolished in 1921.

Lower Sorbian

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  1. (obsolete) A letter formerly used in the trigraph ẜch, corresponding to modern š; used primarily in texts written in Fraktur.

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Middle English

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  1. abbreviation of sire
    • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Launcelot and Guinevere]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, recto, lines 18–21:
      And here on þͤ othir ſyde folowyth the moſte pytevous tale of the morte Arthure ſaunz Gwerdon · Ꝑ le ſhyvalere Thomᷓs Malleorre knyȝt
      And here on the other side followeth the most piteous tale of the mort d’Arthur sans guerdon, par le chevalier Sir Thomas Malory, knight.
    • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, verso, lines 15–18:
      Than ſpake Gawayne And ſeyde brothir · Aggravayne I pray you and charge you meve no ſuch · maters no more a fore me fro wyte you well I woll nat be of youre counceyle //
      Then spoke Sir Gawain, and said, “Brother, Sir Agrivain, I pray you and charge you move not such matters any more before me, for be ye assured I will not be of your counsel.”

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 m (no case)

  1. scribal abbreviation of ser, sere, sir, as in ẜvir for servir 'to serve', ẜno for sereno 'serene'
  2. scribal abbreviation of soldo(s)