ui (i with superscript u)

Image:
Ui3.png
Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a (476) = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 1 [c. 1435-1440], f. 26rFile:
Letters displayed:
<i>
Base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye.
Represents in Irish:
ui
In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.
Appearance
Build type:
Combination
Notational device:
Superscript symbol
Digraph
Components:
In superscript:
Symbol(s):



Ur-3.png Ur-2.png
ur (superscript wavy)
Represents: □ur, □ru, u□ (rare) (Irish)
In subscript:
Digraph letters:



I-subscript-1.png I-subscript-2.png A12p37-i-sub.png
i (subscript)
Represents: i (Irish)i (Latin)
Meaning
Represents:
In Irish: ui
Comments:
A somewhat unusual example in that the wavy superscript symbol does not represent ur, as it commonly does, but u. Note also that it occurs on top of a subscript character and that the letter it represents comes before (rather than after) subscript i.
Type of unit:
Part of a word
Context