What is the name of this Middle English letter?So many Romanian words seem to end in “u”Origin and meaning of the surname “Babjak”What is the origin and meaning of the word/name “Idora”? (Shortened)What is the underlying meaning of the English 'of'?Do we know anything more about the semantic shift of “with” in Middle English?Etymology of the place name ChattaroyWhat linguistic impact, if any, has the the Roman three name naming system left on modern Romance and European languages?What is the etymology of “Tarim” as in “Tarim Basin” and does it relate to Tocharian?Are the German words wer/was “who/what” derived from the q. word wo “where” + pns. er/es “he/it” by analogy with the Old Slavonic koi/chto “who/what”?Relations between 'fons' and 'frons'
How did Arya not get burned in S8E05, "The Bells"?
Lock out of Oracle based on Windows username
Is it standard to have the first week's pay indefinitely withheld?
Divisor Rich and Poor Numbers
Save my secrets!
Should all adjustments be random effects in a mixed linear effect?
Sort a section of a file
Was Tyrion always a poor strategist?
Quotient of Three Dimensional Torus by Permutation on Coordinates
Prints each letter of a string in different colors
What's is the easiest way to purchase a stock and hold it
Is there any deeper thematic meaning to the white horse that Arya finds in The Bells (S08E05)?
Failing students when it might cause them economic ruin
How to draw pentagram-like shape in Latex?
How can sister protect herself from impulse purchases with a credit card?
What color to choose as "danger" if the main color of my app is red
What do you call bracelets you wear around the legs?
Bookshelves: the intruder
What is the probability that two cards drawn from a deck are both face cards and at least one is red?
Can a generation ship withstand its own oxygen and daily wear for many thousands of years?
Could sodium in ethanol reduce amides to amines?
on the truth quest vs in the quest for truth
How was the blinking terminal cursor invented?
How do I balance a campaign consisting of four kobold PCs?
What is the name of this Middle English letter?
So many Romanian words seem to end in “u”Origin and meaning of the surname “Babjak”What is the origin and meaning of the word/name “Idora”? (Shortened)What is the underlying meaning of the English 'of'?Do we know anything more about the semantic shift of “with” in Middle English?Etymology of the place name ChattaroyWhat linguistic impact, if any, has the the Roman three name naming system left on modern Romance and European languages?What is the etymology of “Tarim” as in “Tarim Basin” and does it relate to Tocharian?Are the German words wer/was “who/what” derived from the q. word wo “where” + pns. er/es “he/it” by analogy with the Old Slavonic koi/chto “who/what”?Relations between 'fons' and 'frons'
The meaning of the depicted letter, in my opinion, is "and", but what is its (page 61) Mk.1:15 name?
etymology
add a comment |
The meaning of the depicted letter, in my opinion, is "and", but what is its (page 61) Mk.1:15 name?
etymology
1
I think it's a form of ampersand
– Colin Fine
May 12 at 19:54
add a comment |
The meaning of the depicted letter, in my opinion, is "and", but what is its (page 61) Mk.1:15 name?
etymology
The meaning of the depicted letter, in my opinion, is "and", but what is its (page 61) Mk.1:15 name?
etymology
etymology
edited May 12 at 19:42
asked May 12 at 19:36
user24563
1
I think it's a form of ampersand
– Colin Fine
May 12 at 19:54
add a comment |
1
I think it's a form of ampersand
– Colin Fine
May 12 at 19:54
1
1
I think it's a form of ampersand
– Colin Fine
May 12 at 19:54
I think it's a form of ampersand
– Colin Fine
May 12 at 19:54
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
It's an ampersand, which nowadays looks like &. The version in this text is a combination of E and t, because the Latin word for "and" is et.
& ſaide, þat þe tyme is fulfillid
& þe kyngdome of god ſthal come
nyȝ, do ȝe penance; & bileue ȝe to
þe goſpel, and as he paſſide biſi
des þe ſee of galile, he ſaye ſym
In modern spelling:
and said, that the time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God shall come
nigh, do ye penance; and believe ye to
the Gospel, and as he passed besi-
-de the Sea of Galilee, he saw Sim-
I'm pretty sure the y in the second-last word is an outright error; it should be a u. Similarly, shall shouldn't have a t in it, even in Wycliffe's time: if anything that should be a c.
answered May 12 at 20:36
DraconisDraconis
14.5k12359
It seems to me that on the screenshot depicted the word ſthal in ſhal stead
– user24563
May 12 at 21:09
@IwantToKnow typo fixed
– Draconis
May 12 at 21:17
1
@IwantToKnow I don't suppose it's "ſthal". It's much more likely to be "ſchal", as a reflex of OE "sċeal"
– Wilson
May 13 at 14:27
@Wilson it is highly likely
– user24563
May 13 at 18:56
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "312"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2flinguistics.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f31427%2fwhat-is-the-name-of-this-middle-english-letter%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
It's an ampersand, which nowadays looks like &. The version in this text is a combination of E and t, because the Latin word for "and" is et.
& ſaide, þat þe tyme is fulfillid
& þe kyngdome of god ſthal come
nyȝ, do ȝe penance; & bileue ȝe to
þe goſpel, and as he paſſide biſi
des þe ſee of galile, he ſaye ſym
In modern spelling:
and said, that the time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God shall come
nigh, do ye penance; and believe ye to
the Gospel, and as he passed besi-
-de the Sea of Galilee, he saw Sim-
I'm pretty sure the y in the second-last word is an outright error; it should be a u. Similarly, shall shouldn't have a t in it, even in Wycliffe's time: if anything that should be a c.
answered May 12 at 20:36
DraconisDraconis
14.5k12359
It seems to me that on the screenshot depicted the word ſthal in ſhal stead
– user24563
May 12 at 21:09
@IwantToKnow typo fixed
– Draconis
May 12 at 21:17
1
@IwantToKnow I don't suppose it's "ſthal". It's much more likely to be "ſchal", as a reflex of OE "sċeal"
– Wilson
May 13 at 14:27
@Wilson it is highly likely
– user24563
May 13 at 18:56
add a comment |
It's an ampersand, which nowadays looks like &. The version in this text is a combination of E and t, because the Latin word for "and" is et.
& ſaide, þat þe tyme is fulfillid
& þe kyngdome of god ſthal come
nyȝ, do ȝe penance; & bileue ȝe to
þe goſpel, and as he paſſide biſi
des þe ſee of galile, he ſaye ſym
In modern spelling:
and said, that the time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God shall come
nigh, do ye penance; and believe ye to
the Gospel, and as he passed besi-
-de the Sea of Galilee, he saw Sim-
I'm pretty sure the y in the second-last word is an outright error; it should be a u. Similarly, shall shouldn't have a t in it, even in Wycliffe's time: if anything that should be a c.
answered May 12 at 20:36
DraconisDraconis
14.5k12359
It seems to me that on the screenshot depicted the word ſthal in ſhal stead
– user24563
May 12 at 21:09
@IwantToKnow typo fixed
– Draconis
May 12 at 21:17
1
@IwantToKnow I don't suppose it's "ſthal". It's much more likely to be "ſchal", as a reflex of OE "sċeal"
– Wilson
May 13 at 14:27
@Wilson it is highly likely
– user24563
May 13 at 18:56
add a comment |
It's an ampersand, which nowadays looks like &. The version in this text is a combination of E and t, because the Latin word for "and" is et.
& ſaide, þat þe tyme is fulfillid
& þe kyngdome of god ſthal come
nyȝ, do ȝe penance; & bileue ȝe to
þe goſpel, and as he paſſide biſi
des þe ſee of galile, he ſaye ſym
In modern spelling:
and said, that the time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God shall come
nigh, do ye penance; and believe ye to
the Gospel, and as he passed besi-
-de the Sea of Galilee, he saw Sim-
I'm pretty sure the y in the second-last word is an outright error; it should be a u. Similarly, shall shouldn't have a t in it, even in Wycliffe's time: if anything that should be a c.
answered May 12 at 20:36
DraconisDraconis
14.5k12359
It's an ampersand, which nowadays looks like &. The version in this text is a combination of E and t, because the Latin word for "and" is et.
& ſaide, þat þe tyme is fulfillid
& þe kyngdome of god ſthal come
nyȝ, do ȝe penance; & bileue ȝe to
þe goſpel, and as he paſſide biſi
des þe ſee of galile, he ſaye ſym
In modern spelling:
and said, that the time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God shall come
nigh, do ye penance; and believe ye to
the Gospel, and as he passed besi-
-de the Sea of Galilee, he saw Sim-
I'm pretty sure the y in the second-last word is an outright error; it should be a u. Similarly, shall shouldn't have a t in it, even in Wycliffe's time: if anything that should be a c.
answered May 12 at 20:36
DraconisDraconis
14.5k12359
edited May 13 at 15:45
answered May 12 at 20:36
DraconisDraconis
14.5k12359
answered May 12 at 20:36
DraconisDraconis
14.5k12359
answered May 12 at 20:36
DraconisDraconis
14.5k12359
14.5k12359
It seems to me that on the screenshot depicted the word ſthal in ſhal stead
– user24563
May 12 at 21:09
@IwantToKnow typo fixed
– Draconis
May 12 at 21:17
1
@IwantToKnow I don't suppose it's "ſthal". It's much more likely to be "ſchal", as a reflex of OE "sċeal"
– Wilson
May 13 at 14:27
@Wilson it is highly likely
– user24563
May 13 at 18:56
add a comment |
It seems to me that on the screenshot depicted the word ſthal in ſhal stead
– user24563
May 12 at 21:09
@IwantToKnow typo fixed
– Draconis
May 12 at 21:17
1
@IwantToKnow I don't suppose it's "ſthal". It's much more likely to be "ſchal", as a reflex of OE "sċeal"
– Wilson
May 13 at 14:27
@Wilson it is highly likely
– user24563
May 13 at 18:56
It seems to me that on the screenshot depicted the word ſthal in ſhal stead
– user24563
May 12 at 21:09
It seems to me that on the screenshot depicted the word ſthal in ſhal stead
– user24563
May 12 at 21:09
@IwantToKnow typo fixed
– Draconis
May 12 at 21:17
@IwantToKnow typo fixed
– Draconis
May 12 at 21:17
1
1
@IwantToKnow I don't suppose it's "ſthal". It's much more likely to be "ſchal", as a reflex of OE "sċeal"
– Wilson
May 13 at 14:27
@IwantToKnow I don't suppose it's "ſthal". It's much more likely to be "ſchal", as a reflex of OE "sċeal"
– Wilson
May 13 at 14:27
@Wilson it is highly likely
– user24563
May 13 at 18:56
@Wilson it is highly likely
– user24563
May 13 at 18:56
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Linguistics Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2flinguistics.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f31427%2fwhat-is-the-name-of-this-middle-english-letter%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
1
I think it's a form of ampersand
– Colin Fine
May 12 at 19:54