From afar it appears that some of the diachronic map is out of sequence; in particular, the Old Valthungian spelling of sivbvr looks like it ought to be representative of the earlier form shown at 700ᴀᴅ, and the Middle Valthungian spelling of the same looks more like the version from 950ᴀᴅ. That’s just how spelling convention works, though. Old Valthungian still spelled /ju/ as ⟨iv⟩ held over from an earlier diphthong /iu/, and Middle Valthungian still retained the “Palatalizing J” after all of the palatal consonants.
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