Printed Early Modern English
While I can muddle through the spelling differences, some of the printing conventions of Early Modern English were less obvious. These are some of the things I encountered while thumbing through The 1560 Geneva Bible.
| Printed | Notes |
|---|---|
| s, ſ | The same letter. s always used at the end of a word. |
| i, j | The same letter. |
| u, v | The same letter. v at the start of a word, u otherwise. |
| ◌̃ | An m or n ligature. (The actual printed character is a little closer to an n; the tilde is an approximation.) Ex: “cõmãded” is “commanded” |
| ô | ough Ex: “thrô” is “through” |
| wͨ | which |
| wͭ | with |
| yͤ | thee; you (the) |
| yͭ | that |
| yͧ | thou; you |