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Thread #2630   Message #11343
Posted By: Murray
28-Aug-97 - 01:14 AM
Thread Name: old typography in ballads (yogh)
Subject: RE: old typography in ballads
Susan: you can safely transliterate the initial yoghs by "y"s - i.e. 3eue = yeve [= give], 3ouyn = youyn [= given]. 3elpe = yelpe [= boast]; and internally, I think there's only "my3t" in stanza 14, which you can make "myght" I suppose--it's pronounced exactly the same in Scots.