• : Sawyer 534, MS 1: London, British Library, Harley 61
  • : Shaftesbury
  • : Dorset
  • : land in the Isle of Purbeck
  • : 1

þese sanden þe landimare ·

arest fram ƿwican forde on beam broc · an ðonnen anlang broke on anne wiþig · þefele þiers ouer þane merse þare wei laite · þanne · on1 anne ston · of þanne stane <!> on alle ƿwiscan of alle discan <!> on anne dich · þannen suth atlang dich <!> on ðone herepaþ of þen herepaþe suth anlang dich on þanne cumb · þonne anlang cumbe on þen hirnen <!> onne strutheardes paþe of þane paþe forðe anlange welles <!> one þane westrene cumbe þanne <!> adun anlang cumbes on þane broc · þonne anlang stremes on þe schortmannes pol þerthut on sce · þane is þis seo westere landsceare · Of sa <!> an anne stan tor · of þane tore <!> on þane clif upward on anne dich · þanen north anlang safan dune on þene richte herepath · þanen north anlang dich · oþ þan ealden stod fald estward · þane forþ on ða ealden hege rewe anlang þare hege rewe oþ þa dich · of þare dich on anne linc reawe · of þane linche on bl[.........................]2 þanne anlang broces oþ olle discan · of olle discan north ouer þane [..............]3 on scyle ford · þane anlang streame · þat it cometh eft to wiken forde ·

 

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MS reads: or
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