• : Sawyer 888, MS 1, Boundary 2: Brussels, Bibliotèque Royale, 7965-73 (3723)
  • : St Albans
  • : Hertfordshire
  • : Burston in St Stephens, St Albans
  • : 2

Þis synt þa landgemære to byrstane ·

Erest of þære bradan apuldran <7>land þære hean stræte · <ŧ> hit cumð to þam [hæþenan byrgelse of þam]1 byrgelse2 ongerihte on þa eaa · adune <7>lang eaa on cærs ƿwylle [of cærs ƿwylle]3 on cyneƿwoldes ƿwylle · <7> þanon up to ƿwuda on þa becean · þær þurh þæne ƿwudu to ƿwinnan beacean · of ƿwinnan beacean ongerihte to ƿwifel-ing ƿwcon · <7> þanon up to scene lege dene · <7>lang dene to þeem nætticon · of þæm nætticon on þæne æsc · of þam æsce on þene syrfinan4 stumbl · of þam stumble on frigilde sol · of frigilde sole on þæt byr treoƿw · of þam treoƿwe on þa þry stumblas · of þam stumblum on þæne grenan mere · of þam mere on apulder lege · of þeere lege on cealc del · of cealc delle on þa rugan ƿwican · of þære ƿwican æfter dene eft on þa bradan apuldran ·

 

1
Missing text supplied from MS 1 (L888.2.01)
2
MS reads: byƿgelse
3
Missing text supplied from MS 1 (L888.2.01)
4
MS reads: syrfman