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A |
| Usage: anothir single compartment 'a' used throughout. Hairline oblique stroke to seal the compartment. | | Usage: and |
| Usage: Aboue elaborate upper case 'A' with exaggerated curved stroke probably because it is the first word of the line. | | Usage: And |
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D |
| Usage: desirous both looped and unlooped 'd' are used, with the version shown here by far the most frequent. The stroke on the right is gently curved. | | Usage: acord looped 'd' most often found in final position, here with fine otiose curled finishing stroke used on many graphs in this hand. |
| Usage: god | | Usage: Duelling |
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G |
| Usage: goodli the famous 'hooked g' with fish-like tail to complete the graph. | | Usage: eueri thing 'g' in final position again with otiose descending tag to finish. |
| Usage: might | | Usage: Gaudia upper case 'G' in the glosses which are in the hand of the scribe. |
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H |
| Usage: hath this rather squat version of 'h' with head-loop leaning on the shoulder and the descender resting on the line, is typical of most of the 'h' graphs. | | Usage: speche an occasional example of 'h' with more pointed loop at the head. |
| Usage: brenneth when space or position allows, the scribe produces some elaborate variations. | | Usage: He an upper case version of the graph with more spread. |
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R |
| Usage: recorden modern 'r' used in all positions. | | Usage: anothir again in final position the graph attracts the long, fine, curled otiose finishing stroke. |
| Usage: vertuous 'z'-shaped 'r' used after some vowels and also after round-bodied graphs with long otiose stroke trailing to the right from the left side of the graph. | | Usage: Resembled |
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S |
| Usage: stormed the angle of the 's' and 'f' graphs are what gives the whole aspect of the hand a slanted appearance. The down-strokes are heavy to begin and taper to a finer finish. The head-strokes are fine. | | Usage: hertes kidney-shaped 's' is always used in final position. |
| Usage: fressh in fact it is only the 's' and 'f' graphs which are slanted. The remainder of the letters are upright in formation. | | Usage: So |
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W |
| Usage: wherof 'w's are evenly formed with closed looped heads, the loop at the top of the right arm situated higher than that of the left. | | Usage: Now |
| Usage: wowers | | Usage: Within upper case 'W' at the beginning of a line is a cursive version, different from the lower case graph used elsewhere. |
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Y |
| Usage: yit 'y' usually presents with wavy tail and is frequently dotted. | | Usage: yere |
| Usage: ye although this otiose stroke appears to be attached to the 'y' graph in an odd direction, it is in fact part of the previous 's'. | | Usage: lay almost a hooked 'y'. |
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Thorn and Yogh |
| Usage: þt thorn is used rarely and on the three folios examined this contraction of 'that' is the only one found. | | Usage: Thouȝ yogh is used frequently to replace the 'gh' element and also as replacement for the 'z' sound as in version 3. |
| Usage: ȝodiaqȝ | | Usage: thouȝt |
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Upper Case Letters |
| Usage: Pride the scribe has some distinctive upper case graphs. | | Usage: Thou |
| Usage: Ethna | | Usage: But |