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  • : Sawyer 963, MS 1: London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 69
  • : Exeter (ex Crediton)
  • : Devon
  • : Meavy
  • : 1

þis is þære healfan hide landgemæro æt ƿwi

ærest on cleaca þonne adun on ƿwi on1 æl broc þonne on æl broc on2 þone æƿwylman þonne east ongerihte to þam merc stane of þam [mer]c3 stane to þam blacan pytte <7> þan[ne] ongerihte to odda ƿwylle adun on odda ƿwylles lace [to] [þa]n ford lace upp on stream to þam æƿwylman þanon eastrihte to boc-sætena hig ƿwege þonne u[t] on þone hig ƿweg to þam cyric ƿwege þanon ongerihte to þam mere of þam mere to edsƿwyþe torre fram edsƿwyðe torre ongerihte eft on cleaca ·

 

1
MS reads: of
2
MS reads: of
3
Hole; tips of strokes visible, all of which are consistent with 'merc'