1955 Trans. Philol. Soc. 138 The characteristic insular graphies of the later twelfth century boef, beof, bøf do not deserve to be dismissed as Anglo-Normanisms.

1962 N. Davis & C. L. Wrenn Eng. & Medieval Stud. 56 Whereas original long e and o are not infrequently represented by the graphies ee and oo, original short e and o are never so represented.

1968 Medium Ævum 37 87 The same graphy appears in the same manuscript in the form beniscun.

1970 Jrnl. Eng. Place-name Soc. 2 16 The graphy gu for [g] before e, i arose in French after initial gw had been reduced to g at some time before the late twelfth century.