L561.0.00
- : Sawyer 561, MS 1: London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. vi
- : Abingdon
- : Berkshire
- : Uffington [2]
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- First1
- ærestÆrest
- in
- in`in´
- at
- ætæt
- the
- seþam
- south
- suþsuð
- gate
- geatgeate
- and
- and<7>
- out
- utut
- at
- ætæt
- the
- seþan
- north
- norþnorþ
- gate
- geatgeate
- to
- onon
- Dudda's
- Duddadude
- barrow2
- beorgbeorh
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- eceles
- -eceles
- barrow3
- beorgbeorh
- ·
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- ring
- hringhring
- pit
- pyttpit
- ·
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- the
- seþa
- headlands
- andheafodandheafdu
- ·
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- the
- seþa
- chalk
- cealccealc
- pits
- seaþseaþas
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- the
- seþone
- broad
- bradbradan
- pool
- meremeare
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- along
- andlang<7>lang
- (the) ditch4
- dicdices
- to
- onon
- clean/clear
- clæneclænan
- meadow
- mædmæde
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- the
- seþone
- broad
- bradbradan
- way
- wegƿweg
- around
- onbutanonbutan
- marsh
- mormor
- down (hill)
- dundune
- to
- onon
- giant's
- þyrsðyreses
- watercourse
- laculace
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- leech's | boggy stream's
- læce | læcclæces
- pool
- meremere
- northward (the northern part)
- norþeweardnorþeƿwearde
- and
- and<7>
- thence
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- along
- andlang<7>lang
- (the) marsh
- mormores
- by
- bebe
- the
- seþan
- north
- norþnorþ
- stone
- stanstane
- and
- and<7>
- thence
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- transversely
- þweoresþƿwyres
- over
- ofer3ofer
- the
- seþone
- marsh
- mormor
- to
- onon
- bull's
- *bulabulan
- ditch
- dicdic
- and
- and<7>
- so
- swasƿwa
- along
- andlangandlang
- (the) ditch
- dicdices
- to
- toto
- Æthelferth's
- Æþelferþæþelferðes
- boundary
- mearcmearce
- ·
- to
- onon
- bull's
- *bulabulen
- ditch's
- dicdices
- end
- endeende
- to
- onon
- the
- seþone
- thorn
- þornþorn
- stump
- stybbstyb
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- and
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- thence
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- to
- onon
- talle
- -talle
- bourn
- burnaburnan
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþonon
- to
- toto
- the
- seþære
- holy
- halighalgan
- place
- stowstoƿwe
- and
- and<7>
- so
- swasua
- up
- upup
- along
- andlang<7>lang
- (the) brook
- brocbroces
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- to
- toto
- Æthelferth's
- Æþelferþæþelferdes
- boundary
- mearcmearce
- westward (the western part)
- westeweardƿwesteƿwearde
- and
- and<7>
- so
- swasƿwa
- along
- andlang<7>lang
- (the) boundary
- mearcmearce
- to
- toto
- raven's
- hræfnhremnes
- fortification
- burhbyrig
- to
- toto
- the
- seþan
- north
- norþnorþ
- gate
- geatgeate
- and
- and<7>
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- utut
- at
- ætæt
- the
- seþan
- south
- suþsuþ
- gate
- geatgeate
- to
- onon
- hodan
- -hodan
- tumulus5
- hlawhlæƿw
- and
- and<7>
- thence
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- to
- onon
- stone
- stanstan
- tumulus
- hlawhlæƿwan
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- toto
- the
- seþan
- red
- read`redan´
- hollow
- hol1hole
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- toto
- the
- seþan
- dark
- dunndunnan
- hollow
- hol1hole
- and
- and<7>
- so
- swasƿwa
- by
- bebe
- the
- seþan
- slope
- hliþhlide
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- Dunferþ's
- Dunferþdomferðes
- hest6
- -hest
- to
- onon
- tættaces
- -tættaces
- stone7
- stanstan
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- hound's
- hund2hundes
- tumulus
- hlawhlæƿw
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- hawk's
- hafochafoces
- tumulus
- hlawhlæƿw
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- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- the
- seþone
- short
- sceortscortan
- ditch
- dicdic
- ·
- and
- and<7>
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- onon
- the
- seþa
- long
- langlangen
- ditch
- dicdic
- to8
- toto
- ash's/spear's | Æsc's
- æsc | Æsc(persn)æsces
- fortification9
- burhbyrig
- back
- efteft
- to
- toto
- the
- seþan
- south
- suþansuþan
- gate
- geatgeate
- ·
- 1
- Cp. S1208 (L1208.0) which also contains bounds of Uffington Back to text
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- Cp. 'uppan dudden byrig . Of dudden byrig' in S1208 MS 3 (L1208.0.01) Back to text
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- Cp. 'ecles beorh' in S1208 MS 1 (L1208.0.00); see also 'æceles beorh' in S575 (L575.0 - bounds of Woolstone, Berks. from the Old Minster Winchester archive); this might contain an echo of the element *ecclesia, but could equally well be a personal name or an otherwise unattested and now obscure term Back to text
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- OE 'dic' here and throughout can mean both 'ditch' and 'dyke' Back to text
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- Cp. 'hodes hlæwe' in L1208.0 Back to text
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- Cp. 'dunfærðes hnæsse' in L1208.0 Back to text
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- Cp. 'Tædduces stane' in L1208.0; see also 'tættucan stan' in S317 (L317.0) and 'tættucæn stan' in L575.0, both bounds of Woolstone Back to text
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- Or 'to' possibly in the sense of 'belonging' to' Back to text
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- Note that the estate granted is 'in loco qui dicitur Æscesburh' Back to text