<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
Module core — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents
In addition to global attributes att.responsibility (@cert, @resp)
Used by
May contain
Declaration

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

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>
Example

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>