• : Sawyer 561, MS 1: London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. vi
  • : Abingdon
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  • : 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
þanonþanon
along
andlang<7>lang
(the) marsh
mormores
by
bebe
the
seþan
north
norþnorþ
stone
stanstane
and
and<7>
thence
þanonþanon
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
 
 ·
and
and<7>
thence
þanonþanon
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
 
 ·
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>
out
utut
at
ætæt
the
seþan
south
suþsuþ
gate
geatgeate
to
onon
hodan
-hodan
tumulus5
hlawhlæƿw
and
and<7>
thence
þanonþanon
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
 
 ·
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
 
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1
Cp. S1208 (L1208.0) which also contains bounds of Uffington Back to text
2
Cp. 'uppan dudden byrig . Of dudden byrig' in S1208 MS 3 (L1208.0.01) Back to text
3
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
4
OE 'dic' here and throughout can mean both 'ditch' and 'dyke' Back to text
5
Cp. 'hodes hlæwe' in L1208.0 Back to text
6
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
8
Or 'to' possibly in the sense of 'belonging' to' Back to text
9
Note that the estate granted is 'in loco qui dicitur Æscesburh' Back to text