FOOTNOTES:
[95] Transactions of the Cambridge Philological Society, Vol. IV, Part II. The page-references are to the figures in the outer corners.
[96] Nachrichten von der Königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1906, pp. 251-277.
[97] Prof. Morsbach's paper raises a number of questions besides those mentioned above. But I am obliged here to confine my attention to those which have a bearing on the dating of Beowulf.
[98] The application of this term to the Epinal and Erfurt glossaries (or the archetype) seems to me to be open to grave objection.
[99] If I have interpreted his meaning correctly. But I admit that I have had great difficulty in understanding the argument in paragraph 5 of p. [263] (especially the "mit -h-" of line 12).
[100] Prof. Morsbach seems to regard Kentish as exceptional in its treatment of intervocalic h, rather than in that of postconsonantal h. I am not quite clear as to his reason for this.
[101] Cf. Studies in Old English, p. 240.
[102] This text represents a more primitive type of glossary than the others and, though it is not an ancestor of theirs, it has without doubt used a considerable number of the same glosses (especially in Sweet's § XLV) which were incorporated in their archetype.
[103] The form scanomodu on the solidus need not be taken into account. It is improbable that coins of this type were minted after the sixth century.
[104] Prof. Morsbach further argues that even if my interpretation of unneg was correct it would prove nothing, since -u was probably lost after a long 'nebentonig' syllable earlier than after a long 'haupttonig' syllable. But neither the -gar of the Bewcastle inscription (cf. p. [70]) nor the felt of the East Saxon charter can be admitted as evidence for this hypothesis.
[105] In spite of what is said by Prof. Morsbach (p. [264] f.) these forms are scarcely intelligible unless h was already lost.
[106] E.g. perhaps flod u(p)ahof.
[107] The place-name Wihtgarabyrg in the Saxon Chronicle, ann. 530 (B, C), 544 (A, B, C) is more probably to be regarded as a corruption of Wihtwara- through the influence of the personal name Wihtgar.
[108] Prof. Morsbach's explanation is that felt here is a long nebentonig syllable. But we have no evidence that the influence of 'sentence-accent' made itself felt in this way.
[109] Prof. Morsbach would assign the monument to the time of Aldfrith, who reigned 685-705 (not 725, a printer's error in Vietor's book).
[110] In his own narrative of course he often uses forms which must have been antiquated in his time (e.g. Vurtigerno, Aeduini, Aeodbaldo) and also foreign forms in the names of persons of Continental origin (e.g. Agilberctus). But it may safely be assumed that all these cases are derived from earlier documents.
[111] I.e. Oswiu (Oswald); cf. Baduuini, i.e. Baduwini. I have not taken account of the possibility that -uiu originally contained an -h-. If that could be proved the present discussion would be practically superfluous.
[112] Cf. my Studies, p. [247]. It will be seen that the number of cases in which M, B and C agree in f (for ƀ) is very small.