• : Sawyer 151, MS 2: Brussels, Bibliotèque Royale, 7965-73 (3723)
  • : St Albans
  • : Hertfordshire
  • : Pinesfield («Pinnelesfeld») in Rickmansworth
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First
ærestÆrest
from
ofof
marriage
hæmedhæmed
ford
fordforda
along
andlangandlang
Colne
Colnecolan
river
eaea
 
 ·
until
it
hithit
comes
cumancymeþ
to
onon
broad
bradbradan
pool
polpol
 
 ,
just as
swasƿwa
there
þærþær
swift
swiftsƿwifta
bourn (stream)
burnaburna
flows out
utsceotanutsceat
 
 ·
thence
þætþæt
to
onon
Grendel's | gravelly place's
Grendel(persn) | *grendelgrændeles
weir
werƿwere
 
 ,
below
beneoþanbeneoþan
Grendel's | gravelly place's
Grendel(persn) | *grendelgrændeles
weir
werƿwere
thence
þætþæt
straight up
uprihteuprihte
to
onon
the
seþæt
foul
fulfule
slough
slohsloch
or1
ueluel
Martin's
Martinmærtines
slough
solsol
 
 ,
thence
þanonþonon
straight
(ge)rihterihte
to
onon
high
heahhean
farm
wicƿwic
southward (the southern part)
suþeweardsuðeƿwearde
above
bufanbufan
nattock2
*nættocnættuc
dean (valley)
denudeene
which
þeþe
runs
licganligeð
out
utut
into
onon
stone
stanstan
dean
denudæne
 
 ·
so
swasƿwa
over
ofer3ofer
the
seþæt
water
wæterƿwæter
fall3
(ge)feallgefeal
 
 ,
thence
þætþæt
to
onon
Chalfont4
cealc + *funtacealc-funt
people's
-ingasinga
boundary
(ge)mæregemær
hedge
haga1hagan
 
 ·
up
upup
along
andlangandlang
(the) hedge
haga1hagan
thence
þæt<ŧ>
down
niþerniðer
into
inin
stone
stanstan
dean
denudæne
so
swasƿwa
to
toto
the
seþæm
red
readreadan
slough
solsole
 
 ·
thence
þætþæt
up
upup
to
onon
bare
blerigblerian
hill-spur/bank
ora1oran
 
 ·
so
swasƿwa
by
bebe
(the) hedge
haga1hagan
over
ofer3ofer
buntan
-buntan
ridge
hrycghrigc
until
þætþæt
to
inin
trench's/digging's
græfgreefes
post
stocstoc
 
 ·
From
ofOf
the
seþam
post
stoccstocce
to
onon
the
seþæne
rushy
*læfrihtlæfrihtan
nattock5
*nættocnættuc
 
 ·
From
ofOf
the
seþam
nattock
*nættocnættucce
 
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to
onon
the
seþære
hoar
harharan
thorn
þornþorn
at
ætæt
nettle
netelnetel
homestead
hamstedehamstede
 
 ·
to
onon
pihtles
-pihtles
bourn (stream)6
burnaburnan
 
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1
Latin; cp. a similar use of 'uel' in S1546a (L1546a.0): 'bec uelƿwæter gefealle' Back to text
2
A word whose precise meaning is unclear, but is associated with wet areas or clumps of marsh grass Back to text
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This may be a waterfall but can also refer to water tumbling down in rapids Back to text
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This relatively newly discovered text shows that Chalfont derives its name from 'chalk spring' rather than, as previously thought, 'calf spring' Back to text
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A word whose precise meaning is unclear, but is associated with wet areas or clumps of marsh grass Back to text
6
An earlier name for the river Chess Back to text