Appearance of the TextThe inverted semicolon;is represented as an oversized semicolon;A half-width space, shown here in red,is common in the main text but rare in the Notes.All brackets are in the original.The work cited as the “NED.” is now known as the OED.Cross-ReferencesReferences such as “see p. 123” or “see 12/34” (page/line) come in several forms:— Page numbers up to 222 refer to the primary text. See table of contents in the main volume for pagination; line numbers refer to the text, not to the physical page.— The form “12/34 note”, and all higher page numbers (223 and up), refer to the present volume. The first kind are linenotes; the second refer to some earlier text’s notes, identified by physical line number.Errors and Inconsistencies:Formatting of less common characters such as þ and ȝ has been silently corrected to agree with the rest of the text. Inconsistent punctuation in subheaders (“Accidence:” and similar) has been silently regularized. Other typographical errors are shown in two ways: withmouse-hover popupsas they occur, and as a list at the end of each selection. The word “invisible” means that there is an appropriately sized gap, but the letter or punctuation mark itself is absent. Note that text format (bold or italic) has semantic meaning in this volume.Editorial corrections listed in the Corrigenda have been made in the text. The page as printed is retained for completeness.Inconsistenciesnoted by transcriber but not changed:spelling of the names Batiouchkof(f), Horstman(n)variant spelling of medi(a)evalNED and NED.Thematic IndexSelection I (Worcester Fragments) has two general Notes sections, for I.A and I.B-C. The two parts of Selection IX (Ancrene Wisse) share general Notes.IaIb,cIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXI*XIIXIIIXIVXVXVIXVIIXVIIIXIXXXXXIXXIIXXIIIManuscript(s)XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXFacsimile(s)XXXXXXXXXXXEdition(s)XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXLiteratureXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAnalogue(s)XXSource(s)XXXPhonologyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAccidence†XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXVocabularyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDialectXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXStyleXXXMetreXXXXXXXXXXXXIntroductionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Most aspects of Selection XI are discussed under Selection X.† “Grammar” in Selection II, “Accidence” elsewhere.
The inverted semicolon;is represented as an oversized semicolon;
A half-width space, shown here in red,is common in the main text but rare in the Notes.
All brackets are in the original.
The work cited as the “NED.” is now known as the OED.
References such as “see p. 123” or “see 12/34” (page/line) come in several forms:
— Page numbers up to 222 refer to the primary text. See table of contents in the main volume for pagination; line numbers refer to the text, not to the physical page.— The form “12/34 note”, and all higher page numbers (223 and up), refer to the present volume. The first kind are linenotes; the second refer to some earlier text’s notes, identified by physical line number.
— Page numbers up to 222 refer to the primary text. See table of contents in the main volume for pagination; line numbers refer to the text, not to the physical page.
— The form “12/34 note”, and all higher page numbers (223 and up), refer to the present volume. The first kind are linenotes; the second refer to some earlier text’s notes, identified by physical line number.
Formatting of less common characters such as þ and ȝ has been silently corrected to agree with the rest of the text. Inconsistent punctuation in subheaders (“Accidence:” and similar) has been silently regularized. Other typographical errors are shown in two ways: withmouse-hover popupsas they occur, and as a list at the end of each selection. The word “invisible” means that there is an appropriately sized gap, but the letter or punctuation mark itself is absent. Note that text format (bold or italic) has semantic meaning in this volume.
Editorial corrections listed in the Corrigenda have been made in the text. The page as printed is retained for completeness.
Inconsistenciesnoted by transcriber but not changed:
spelling of the names Batiouchkof(f), Horstman(n)variant spelling of medi(a)evalNED and NED.
Selection I (Worcester Fragments) has two general Notes sections, for I.A and I.B-C. The two parts of Selection IX (Ancrene Wisse) share general Notes.
* Most aspects of Selection XI are discussed under Selection X.
† “Grammar” in Selection II, “Accidence” elsewhere.