L756.0.00
- : Sawyer 756, MS 1: London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. vi
- : Abingdon
- : Wiltshire
- : Bedwyn
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- First1
- ærestÆrest
- from
- framfram
- (the) Bedwyn2
- Bedwynbedeuuindan
- to
- toto
- hoar | hare's
- har | haraharan
- grove(s) | pit(s)3
- graf | græfgrafan
- northward (the northern part)
- norþeweardnorþeuueardan
- up
- upup
- at
- ætæt
- the
- seþære
- (the) ditch's/dyke's
- dicdices
- gate/gap4
- geatgeate
- at
- ætæt
- hoar | hare's
- har | haraharan
- dean (valley)
- denudene
- forth
- forþforð
- then
- þonneþonne
- by
- bebe
- (the) root-wale/woodbank
- wyrtwalauurtƿwalan
- where
- þærþær
- the
- sese
- hedge/enclosure
- haga1haga
- comes out
- utcumanutcymð
- by
- bebe
- the
- seþam
- (the) woodbank
- wyrtwalaƿwyrtƿwalan
- to
- toto
- pædes
- -pædes
- path
- pæþpaþe
- thence
- þanonþonone
- towards
- wiþƿwið
- summit's5
- helmhelmes
- tree
- treowtreoƿwes
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- onon
- Eanberht's6
- Eanberhtæmbrihtes
- gate
- geatgæt
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- wiþƿwið
- street
- strætstæt
- gate
- geatgætes
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- onon
- huntsman's7
- huntahundan
- dean
- denudene
- lower (the lower part)
- niþeweardneoþeƿwærde
- then
- þonneþone
- to
- wiþƿwið
- hook's
- hochoces
- burial-place
- byrgelsbyrgels
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- onon
- white
- hwithƿwitan
- linch/bank/lynchet
- hlinchlinces
- ·
- thence
- þanonþonon
- to
- onon
- Æbbe's8
- Æbbeabban
- quarry/chalk-pit
- crundelcrundel
- ·
- thence
- þanonþonon
- to
- onon
- the
- seþa
- whirlpool/deep place
- swelgendsƿwelgende
- thence
- þanonþonan
- to
- onon
- Pendhere's
- Pendherependeres
- cliff/slope
- clifclif
- forward (the front part)
- foreweardforeuueard
- on
- onan
- to
- onon
- corpse
- wælƿwæl
- way9
- weguueg
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- wiþƿwið
- the
- seþære
- earth
- eorþeeorð
- fortification
- burhbyrig
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- wiþƿwið
- fortification
- burhbyr
- stream | back/ridge10
- bæce | bæcbæces
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- wiþƿwið
- island | yew
- ig | iwig
- open land/field
- feldfelda
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- wiþƿwið
- bydan
- -bydan
- meadows11
- hammhammes
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- wiþƿwið
- ride | rod | cross
- *rodu | rodd | rodrod
- 'leah' 's/wood's
- leahleage
- pool
- meremeres
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- toto
- willow
- sealhsæl
- gate
- geatgæte
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- toto
- breach
- bræcbræc
- dean
- denudene
- gate
- geatgeate
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- toto
- wælles
- -ƿwælles
- pool | boundary
- mere | (ge)mæremære
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- toto
- meeting
- (ge)motgemot
- 'leah'
- leahleage
- eastward (the eastern part)
- easteweardeasteƿwearde
- then
- þonneþonne
- out
- utut
- to
- toto
- broad
- bradbradan
- 'leah'
- leahleage
- where
- þærþær
- Cuthheard's
- Cuþheardcuðhardes
- path
- pæþpæð
- leads out
- utlicganutligð
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- onon
- badger's | beggar's12
- *bagga | *baggebagcgan
- gate/gap
- geatgeat
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- onon
- heath
- hæþheað
- field
- feldfeld
- gate
- geatgeat
- ·
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- onon
- the
- seþone
- stepped13
- hlædredehleadreadan
- tree
- beambeam
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- onon
- raven's
- hræfnharmmes
- dean
- denudene
- gate
- geatgeat
- then
- þonneþonne
- to
- onon
- horse
- horshors
- corner/hollow14
- healhheal
- gate
- geatgæt
- out
- utut
- to
- onon
- beocces15
- -beocces
- nook/hollow
- healhheal
- ·
- thence
- þanonþanon
- to
- toto
- (the) Bedwyn
- BedwynBeduuindan
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- There is a boundary for Little Bedwyn in S264 (L264.0) which has some points in common with this Back to text
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- The river Bedwyn Back to text
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- Note that LangScape's lemma 'graf' includes also 'græfe', and 'græf' includes also '*grafa' (See LangScape Glossary) Back to text
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- OE 'geat' can mean 'gate' or 'gap' here and throughout this text Back to text
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- Or perhaps a personal name (Helm- is a common first theme) Back to text
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- Possibly, with scribal miscopying Back to text
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- MS 3 reads 'huntan' Back to text
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- MS 3 reads 'æbban' Back to text
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- But note S688's 'weall weg' before the 'eorð burg' (in L688.0, the bounds of Burbage.) Back to text
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- This is the feature which has given its name to Burbage; CDEPN suggests some doubt as to whether Burbage is named after a stream or a ridge ('bæce' or 'bæc'), but cp. MS 3's 'burh beces' and S688's 'burg beces' which, together with the modern pronunciation, favour 'stream' Back to text
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- Cp. S688's 'bidan ham' (L688.0, bounds of Burbage); VEPN associates it with 'byden' (bowl/hollow) Back to text
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- Although this may well be an otherwise unrecorded personal name Back to text
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- 'hlæddredan' in MS 3 Back to text
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- The name survives in Horsehall (Hill) Back to text
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- Possibly a personal name; cp. Beocca evidenced in PASE Back to text