<orig>

<orig> (original form) contains a reading which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected. 3.4.2 Regularization and Normalization 12 Critical Apparatus
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Deklaration

<rng:element name="orig">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="macro.paraContent"/>
</rng:element>
element orig { att.global.attributes, macro.paraContent }
Beispiel

If all that is desired is to call attention to the original version in the copy text, orig may be used alone:

<l>But this will be a <orig>meere</orig> confusion</l>
<l>And hardly shall we all be <orig>vnderstoode</orig>
</l>
Beispiel

More usually, an orig will be combined with a regularized form within a choice element:

<l>But this will be a <choice>
  <orig>meere</orig>
  <reg>mere</reg>
 </choice> confusion</l>
<l>And hardly shall we all be <choice>
  <orig>vnderstoode</orig>
  <reg>understood</reg>
 </choice>
</l>