• : Sawyer 881, MS 1: London, British Library, Harley 436
  • : Wilton
  • : Wiltshire
  • : Fovant [2]
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These
þesÞis
are
beonsyndon
the
seþa
land-boundaries
landgemærelandgemæro
to
toto
Fovant
Fovantfobbefunten
that
þæt2þat
is
beonhys
First1
ærestÆrest
to
onon
the
seþone
hoar
harharan
hazel
hæselhæsel
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seþam
hoar
harharan
hazel
hæselhæsle
to
onon
eagle
earnearn
hill
hyllhylle
middleward (in the middle)
middeweardmiddeƿwerde
 
 ·
from
ofof
eagle
earnearn
hill
hyllhylle
to
onon
pot | hole
pott | pottepott
spring
wyllaƿwyll
 
 ·
from
ofof
pot | hole
pott | pottepott
spring
wyllaƿwille
to
onon
the
seþa
old
ealdealdan
enclosure/farm2
worþƿwyrðe
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seðære
enclosure
worþƿwyrþe
to
toto
(the) highway/military route
herepæþhearpaþe
 
 ·
then
þonneðonne
along
andlangandlang
(the) highway
herepæþhearpaðes
to
toto
the
seþam
headlands
andheafodanheafdan
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seðam
headlands
andheafodanheafdan
to
onon
shepherd's
*locerelokeres
'leah'/wood
leahleage
 
 ·
from
ofof
shepherd's
*locerelokeres
'leah'
leahleage
to
onon
Sigewynn's
Sigewynnsigƿwynne
ditch/dyke
dicdic
 
 ·
then
þonneþonne
from
ofof
Sigewynn's
Sigewynnsigƿwinne
ditch/dyke
dicdic
up
upupp
on
onon
(the) down/hill
dundune
thirty
þrittigþrittig
rods/yard(land)s
gyrdgyrda
 
 ·
to the east of
beeastanbeeastan
city
ceasterceaster
glory
blædblæd
fortification3
burhbyrig
to
onon
the
seþa
burials
byrgenbyrigenne
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seðare
burials
byrgenbyrigenne
to
onon
the
seþane
highway
herepæþhearpað
 
 ·
then
þonneþonne
along
andlangandlang
(the) highway
herepæþherepaðes
to
onon
the
seþone
sharp
scearpscearpan
gore
garagaran
westward (the western part)
westeweardƿwesteƿwerdne
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seþam
gore
garagaran
to
in_oninon
the
seþa
hill-edge
yferyfre
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seðære
hill-edge
yferyfre
to
in_oninon
the
seþa
oars4
(ge)reþrugareðru
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seðam
oars
(ge)reþrugereþran
four
feowerfeoƿwer
acres
æcerækeras
to the west of
bewestanbeƿwestan
the
seðam
hanger (steep wood)
hangrahangran
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seþam
four
feowerfeoƿwer
acres
æcerækeran
along
andlangandlang
(the) heads
heafodheafda
to
onon
black | shining
blæc | blacblacan
hill
hyllhylle
middleward (in the middle)
middeweardmiddeƿwerde
 
 ·
thence
þanonðonon
from
ofof
black | shining
blæc | blacblacan
hill
hyllhylle
north
norþnorþ
to
toto
(the) highway
herepæþhearpaþe
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seðam
highway
herepæþhearpaþe
to
onon
the
seþa
more westerly
westƿwestran
down
dundune
westward (the western part)
westeweardƿwesteƿwerde
 
 ·
from
ofof
the
seþære
down
dundune
to
onon
calf
cealfchealf
hill
hyllhylle
middleward (in the middle)
middeweardmiddeƿwerde
 
 ·
then
þonneþonne
from
ofof
calf
cealfchielf
hill
hyllhylle
to
onon
wolf
wulfƿwulf
hill5
hyllhylle
middleward (in the middle)
middeweardmiddeƿwerde
 
 ·
from
ofof
wolf
wulfƿwulf
hill
hyllhylle
to
toto
(the) wood
wuduƿwuda
 
 ·
so
swasƿwa
by
bebe
the
seþan
old
ealdeald
tree-roots/woodbank
wyrttrumaƿwyrtruman
into
in_oninon
(the) Nadder
Naddernodre
 
 ·
thence
þanonþonon
along
andlangandlang
(the) stream
streamstreames
back
efteft
to
onon
the
seþæne
hoar
harhæran
hazel
hæselhæsl
 
 ·

 

1
Cp. S364 (L364.0) which has another set of bounds for the estate of Fovant, with several points in common with these Back to text
2
Note that L364.0 starts with a spring followed by an enclosure: 'Aerest on hananƿwelle . siððan on hanan ƿwurðe' Back to text
3
But note that this is 'cester slæd byrg' in L364.0, with 's' rather than 'b' Back to text
4
Cp. 'þa lytla hwitan geryþra' in S468 (L468.0, bounds of Swallowcliffe); the sense here is unclear, but perhaps posts or even levers; there is a 'gereþrenc' which lies 'within the chalk pits' in S419 (L419.0, bounds of Fontmell in Dorset) from the Shaftesbury archive, which may or may not be related Back to text
5
Cp. 'ƿwulf cumb' in L364.0 Back to text