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Why do spellings change at the end of a line?

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-m is a line-final form of -in / -n
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Likely: Best supported so far, not yet confirmed-m is a line-final form of -in / -n

At the end of a line the scribes write -m where the same word inside a line ends in -in, -iin or -n: a line-final form, as Latin scribes used line-end suspensions.

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Still possible: Not tested enough to call either wayCopied from an exemplar with different line breaks

The text we have was copied from an exemplar with different line breaks by scribes who adjusted word forms at the new line ends.

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