13-04-2021, 04:20 PM
Marco, thank you for providing the additional information about the nature of the transcription, which was not made clear in your previous post.
Now we can focus on the much more interesting and important topic, I think, of the Middle English scribal abbreviation "ẏ" for the definite article "ye"/"the" and the idea of EVA [ch-] as a prefix representing this abbreviation for the article. Then EVA [chey] and/or [chy] as the article as an independent word make logical sense too. EVA [chedy] as English "yes" would then be a speculative but interesting idea to consider as well. You say "start from function words, identify basic grammatical structures": this is a hypothesis to investigate along these lines. I note by the way that EVA [ch] even looks somewhat like a form of Middle English script "y" / "ȝ" turned on its side.
Geoffrey
Now we can focus on the much more interesting and important topic, I think, of the Middle English scribal abbreviation "ẏ" for the definite article "ye"/"the" and the idea of EVA [ch-] as a prefix representing this abbreviation for the article. Then EVA [chey] and/or [chy] as the article as an independent word make logical sense too. EVA [chedy] as English "yes" would then be a speculative but interesting idea to consider as well. You say "start from function words, identify basic grammatical structures": this is a hypothesis to investigate along these lines. I note by the way that EVA [ch] even looks somewhat like a form of Middle English script "y" / "ȝ" turned on its side.
Geoffrey