• : Sawyer 151, MS 1: Brussels, Bibliotèque Royale, 7965-73 (3723)
  • : St Albans
  • : Hertfordshire
  • : Pinesfield («Pinnelesfeld») in Rickmansworth
  • : 2

Ærst of hæmed forda , andlang colan ea , oþ hit cymeþ on bradan pol , sƿwa þær sƿwifta burna utsceot , þæt o[n] grændeles ƿwere , beneoþan grændeles ƿwere þæt uprihte on þæt fule sloch uel mærtines sol , þonon rihte on hean ƿwic suðeƿwearde bufan nætuc dæne þe ligeð ut on stan dæne , sƿwa ofer þæt ƿwæter gefeal , þæt on cealc-funt1 inga gemer hagan up andlang hagan <ŧ> niðer in stan dæne sƿwa to þæm readan23 ofer buntan hrge þæt inu4 græfes stoc , of þam stocce on þæne læfrihtan nætuc5 , of þam nætuce67 , on þæne haran þorn æt netel8 hamstede , on pihtles burnan ·

 

1
MS reads: cealcfimt
2
MS reads: rradan
3
A section of text is missing here
4
MS reads: mu
5
Or 'nettuc'
6
MS reads: nectuce
7
'ec' for 'et' for 'æ', but also possibly 'nettuce' (this is not a straightforward script!)
8
MS reads: necel