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XVIII hring-fingrum 65 the scribe must have erroneously understood the plural to be meant; in spiwan 208 we have a case of substitution of the verb to the substantive; in sceþþes (3d pers. sing.) 216 417 the s may be due to that of the 2d person.

c) There is a considerable number of pure scribal errors: thus ofslean 213 stands for ofslea, hale 415 for ham etc. See the notes.

a) and is always written ⁊.

b) The sign ◌̄ is always meant to represent an m or an n: ȝefrēmenne 204–þane 220, nyhtū 49–also ne: þon̄ 2220. Curiously enough we find it in swȳrðanan 220. Except in the case just mentioned the contractions thus marked by ◌̄  are expanded all through the present publication, thus ȝefremmenne.

c) ꝥ represents either cj. þæt or þæt nns. and ans. of the dem. pron. 29 210 etc, once þa the afs. of the same pron. 1811, or cj. þonne 28.

d) Other abbreviations, such as oþꝥ 214 222, æfts 49 need no special explanation.

With the exceptions of egypetâ 23 and aȝ′e 1010, the latter an obvious mistake, the accents and dots occur only over an i or an y. Ex.: ẏfel 217, sẏ 42–biwínd 214, ðínum 413, ðrowíon 21. It is clear from the examples quoted that they cannot be taken to mark length. They may be intended to distinguish an i or an y from a letter of the same height on the line.

A dot or several dots under a word or part of a word show a mistake; the word is generally re-written in its