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Glosses on Priscian (St. Gall).

faci¹². Dicimus enim ‘anguis¹³’ sicut ‘quis’ et ‘augur¹⁴’ sicut iȧcur^[1]¹⁵.

Vnde si uelimus cum ueritate contemplari¹⁶, ut diximus, non plus quam xviii literas in Latino sermone habemus… Nam y et z¹⁷, causa Graecorum…asciuimus¹⁸ nominum, h autem aspirationis nota et nihil aliud habet literae nisi figuram et quod in uersu¹⁹ scribitur inter alias literas. Quod si sufficeret²⁰, ut ylementum putaretur, nihilominus quorundam etiam numerorum figurae²¹…elementa sunt habenda²². Sed minime hoc est adhibendum²³, nec aliud aliquid²⁴ ex accidentibus proprietatem ostendit²⁵ uniuscuiusque elementi, quomodo potestas, qua²⁶ caret aspiratio…. Vocalis non est [h], quia a sé uocem non facit²⁷, nec semiuocalis, cum nulla syllaba Latina uel Graeca in perfecta {in marg. ꝉ per integras} dictione in eam dissinat²⁸…

P. 7a

Nulla eam syllaba plus duabus¹ mutis iuxta se² possitis³, nec plus tribus consonantibus continuare potest⁴.

Videntur tamen i et u, cum in consonantes transeunt quantum

12: nihelas frie13: nathir14: mathmarc15: caebb · oo ·16: lín liter laitinde17: .i. ar ní biat inanmanaib laitindib ⁊ ní erchuiretar lín liter laitinde iarum18: dorochuirsemmar19: do immḟolung ḟuit20: anísin ascribend inter alias21: nanota áram22: bith^[2] techtai23: nítedparthi inso arnibat litre nota aram ciascríbtair hifers24: alaill ṡain25: ní fail nach naiccidit taibsed sainred litre amal donadbat chumachtae26: is ósuidiu27: nírela aainm amal guthaigthi^[3] ⁊ ní diuschi fogur amal ɔsana28: Ní foircnithær nach rann óg indi · si enim inueniamus · uah · etc.

P. 7a

1: níbia dimútaib bes huilliu in oen sillaib2: occi3: inóen ṡosuth ṡillabe4: trebrigedar cechconsain indegaid araile cengutai ṅetarru ·

12. nullity beside it.16. the number of the Latin letters.17. i.e. for they are not in Latin nouns (words), and so they do not increase^[4] (?) the number of Latin letters.19. to cause length.20. that, (namely) that it is written among the others.21. the figures of numerals.23. this is not to be applied, for the figures of numerals will not be letters, although they are written in the verse.24. another thing peculiar.25. there is no accident which can display the peculiarity of a letter as the power displays (it).26. it is it (that it lacks)^[5].27. it does not manifest its name, like vowels, and it does not awaken sound, like consonants.28. no complete part (of speech) ends in it.

P. 7a

1. there will not be more (than two) mutes in one syllable.2. beside it.3. in one position of a syllable.4. to continue each consonant (directly) after another without a vowel between them.

↑ the true reading is cur, so that the puncta delentia would naturally refer to the first two letters of iacur: the corrupt iacur seems to be explained by the obscure gloss: with caebb cf. coep chro ⁊ fola LL. 172^a 12, Zeitschr. f. deutsch. Alt. xx. 227
↑ leg. bit
↑ in full Sg. 18^a 6, 53{^a 1. But it is possible, as Thurneysen suggests, that guth. may be an abbreviation of guttai, guth. being written etymologically
↑ cf. arcuiredar saegul Celt. Zeitschr. iii. 448
↑ cf. the use of ó after aidlignigur, e.g. Sg. 4^b 10

[1] the true reading is cur, so that the puncta delentia would naturally refer to the first two letters of iacur: the corrupt iacur seems to be explained by the obscure gloss: with caebb cf. coep chro ⁊ fola LL. 172^a 12, Zeitschr. f. deutsch. Alt. xx. 227

[2] . bit

[3] ull Sg. 18^a 6, 53{^a 1. But it is possible, as Thurneysen suggests, that guth. may be an abbreviation of guttai, guth. being written etymologically

[4] . arcuiredar saegul Celt. Zeitschr. iii. 448

[5] . the use of ó after aidlignigur, e.g. Sg. 4^b 10

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