ꝓ, pro; e.g., ꝓceres, proceres; īꝓpie, improprie.
p̃ indicates the omission of almost any other letters than those mentioned above; e.g., p̃ea, postea; p̃a, pœna; p̃cta, puncta; p̃a, papa.
The marks attached to the letter Q are as follows : —
ꝗ, usually quod, but also used for quæ, quam, que, quo, and followed by other letters qui, as ꝗd, quid ; ꝗbꝫ, quibus.
q̃, guæ, que, quem, and as part of a word it has very various meanings, as q̃ela, querela ; q̃ntum, quantum ; q̃one, quæstione ; q̃ppe, quippe.
qꝫ, means que. qꝫ, „ quia.
A superior letter indicates the omission of two or more letters of which this is one; e.q., qos, quos; cilo, circulo; capi , capituli.
A point below a letter indicates that it should be deleted, and points under or inverted commas over two words indicate that they ought to be transposed ; e.g., et "ꝓ th̴ro" it, et item pro thesauro.
Many words will be found in this list which do not conform to the principles here stated, but they have been found in MSS., and inserted accordingly.
As a rule the nominative case of nouns or adjectives is given as the meaning, as fl̴ ;, filius; and sometimes the case most frequently met with, as fr̃, Francorum; but this does not exclude other cases as well.
The glossary does not pretend, as no glossary can, to take the place of a dictionary, where the meanings of words are discussed, and quotations given to explain their use; but still it
