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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.⁠

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. leg. bit
3. 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
4. cf. arcuiredar saegul Celt. Zeitschr. iii. 448
5. cf. the use of ó after aidlignigur, e.g. Sg. 4^b 10