Byz ortho or scribe error?

[JaneyCapers]

παῖδα is the normalized form, but the text has παί with a supralinear δα. is it a scribal accent error OR an orthographic variant?

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[StephanieML]

so your markup of the word should look like this:

<w>παί<add place="supraliner">δα</add></w>

then since it's a mistaken accent, it'll get wrapped in sic