order of f103r till f116r

[Emma May Smith]

Words ending [ry] occur 270 times, 178 of which are at the line end.

Similarly, words ending [ly] occur 498 times, 220 of which are at line end.

I simply think that line end positions see additional [y] added onto words which otherwise end with certain characters.

Do you suggest that y is obsolete ?
Is it then: obsolete as word ending in general, or just as line ending?

I believe that words are generally unusual at both the beginning and end of lines (especially in Quire 20). These line patterns can be broken down into a number of different processes. The cause of these processes could be many things, though I tend toward a phonological cause.

[Davidsch]

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