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Again, it is said that Iona is a miswriting of Ioua, "the avowed ancient name of the island."

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona

The Welshman, however, adds that the name in French is "Peneffresvo Galief", which, unless it be a misreading or miswriting for Perceval le Galois, is to me wholly unintelligible.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

But the u in flodu may be a deliberate archaism on the part of the writer, may be a local dialectal survival, may be a mere miswriting.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.