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Re: found some more:
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Should there be readers who happen to harbour a morbid interest in the history of spelling among the Germanic languages, I can for their benefit provide some of the variants found in medieval Swedish sources.
Form .... Year observedNominative:
Elizabeth 1412
Elesiff 1426
Elisif 1303
Elisiff 1313
Ælesif 1380
Ælezeff 1439
Ælisif 1353
Ælleseff 1450?
Ælsæf 1419
Ellzebe 1488
Elsabe 1472
Elsaby 1361
Elseb 1509
Elsebe 1415
Elsebi 1440
Elsebij 1525
Elseby 1408
Elssebe 1490
Elsseby 1496
Elszeby 1515
Elzabe 1488
Elzaby 1474
Elzebe 1300:s
Elzeby 1472
Elzseby 1477
Helseby 1469
Helzaby 1478
Ælsaby 1426
Ælsebe 1436
Ælseby 1412
Ælzebe 1488Genitive:
Elisiffwe 1365
Ælisiuæ 1353
Ælzseeffwe 1446
Alisiuæ 1309
Ælisiue 1323
Ælisiuæ 1309
Elsebe 1412
Elseby 1425
Elzabe 1488
Elzaby 1486
Elzebe 1488
Elzeby 1476
Elzsebe 1492
Ælssæby 1519Dative:
Elizabeth 1481
Elisiui 1298
Elisæff 1410
Elsyffue 1450?
Æliisciue 1393
Ælseff 1449
Eljeby 1448
Elsebe 1424
Elseby 1440
Elszaby 1474
Elzabe 1504
Elzaby 1366
Elzebe 1491
Ælsaby 1468
Ælsebe 1442
Ælseby 1432Accusative:
Elisifwe 1365
Elsif 1291
Elsøff 1495
Ælseff 1449
Elsaby 1496
Elseb 1508
Elsebe 1467
Elseby 1354
Elssebe 1478
Elsseby 1480
Elzebe 1300:s
Elzeby 1491
Helseby 1488
Ælessewe 1425
Ælsaby 1458
Ælseby 1407Further:
Elizabeth 1100:s (end of)
Elisabeth 1286
Elysabeth 1289
Elizabet 1290
Elsef 1332 [dative]
Else 1333
Elzef 1334 [dative]
Elezef 1334 [dative]
Elisiff 1336
Älysyf 1347
Elisifwe 1365
Elitzæ 1367
Elitze 1367 [genitive]
Eliza 1372
Elseben 1361 [accusative]
Elisabethä 1366 [genitive]
Ellesef 1414
Elseff 1418
Elzeff 1420
Älesifwe 1444 [dative]
Älzaby 1519http://www.dal.lu.se/sofi/smp/pdf/elizabeth.pdf
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