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Old and Middle English Spellings for OE hw-, with Special Reference to the ‘qu-’ Type: In Celebration of LAEME, (e)LALME, LAOS and CoNE: In Memoriam Angus McIntosh Get access

Margaret Laing and Roger Lass
in Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age
Published: 01 May 2019
..., who, which. No fewer than 57 different spellings are found for this cluster, from the earliest attested Old English to ca 1500. The authors show how LAEME, eLALME, and LAOS provide the data that allow this spelling variation to be analysed as reflecting various scribal...
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The Development of Old English ǣ: Middle English Spelling Evidence Get access

Gjertrud F. Stenbrenden
in Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age
Published: 01 May 2019
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The Development of Old English eo/ēo and the Systematicity of Middle English Spelling Get access

Merja Stenroos
in Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age
Published: 01 May 2019
... texts, to answer an old question: it is possible to find traces of a systematic distinction between the reflexes of Old English e/ē and eo/ēo in Middle English? An investigation into the spelling variation found in 27 lexical items that contain a vowel representing Old...
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The Predictability of {S} Abbreviation in Older Scots Manuscripts According to Stem-final Littera Get access

Daisy Smith
in Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age
Published: 01 May 2019
.... (Source: Edinburgh University Centre for Research Collections (CRC)) Figure 9.2 Extract from LAOS text 36: liferent from Dirleton, East Lothian. May 1447. (Source: Edinburgh University Centre for Research Collections (CRC)) This chapter presents an analysis of the spelling variation found...