11-05-2026, 12:47 PM
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood you there.
Yes, that’s also (as a possible theory) easy to explain:
Even a single hand could write the same word in very different ways. You see this time and again in manuscripts.
Typical examples of such variations:
und / vnd / vnnd / unnd (and)
ich / ichs / ih / i (I)
sein / seyn / seinn (to be)
zu / ze / zů / zue (to/close)
nicht / nit / nycht / nitt (not)
wasser / wazzer / wasser / waßer (water)
This is quite normal for Early New High German. There was no modern, fixed orthography.
Yes, that’s also (as a possible theory) easy to explain:
Even a single hand could write the same word in very different ways. You see this time and again in manuscripts.
Typical examples of such variations:
und / vnd / vnnd / unnd (and)
ich / ichs / ih / i (I)
sein / seyn / seinn (to be)
zu / ze / zů / zue (to/close)
nicht / nit / nycht / nitt (not)
wasser / wazzer / wasser / waßer (water)
This is quite normal for Early New High German. There was no modern, fixed orthography.