Gents Mag 1751 p.255

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1751 p.255 GVDNL. 'Tis an usual practice in inscriptions to drop the vowel that should precede a mute; see Sir Andrew Fountaine's Tables of the Anglo-Saxon Coins, and Dr Hick's Thesaurus, Eadmund xvii. 25. AEthelstan ii. AEthelred ii. 3. Eadward iii. 21. inc or ing is a vulgar termination in our English names; see the same author Cnut ix. Aethelred viii. and you have an authority for the C being unfinish'd in one transverse stroke at top, Eadmund xviii. insomuch that this is no other than the common name of Goding, or Gooding, so frequent in the north. R. There is a dot or point between the legs of this letter, that seems to denote the abbreviation. A. The stroke at the head of this letter shews the abbreviation plainly. [triangle]. This is a very arbitrary mark; how it should stand for M, I cannot imagine, and yet it can be nothing else in this case. [square]. This form of an O you will find in Sir Andrew Fountaine's alphabet, and others of a sharp lozenge figure both in him and Bouterovius. It is plac'd in your type at the top of the L very apositely, to express the last letter of the word quinquagesimo, which in a numeral would stand in that manner, thus L°.Yours, &c. PAUL GEMSEGE. June 8, 1751.
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