• : Sawyer 1001, MS 1: London, British Library, Add. 15350
  • : Winchester, Old Minster
  • : Oxfordshire
  • : Witney [2]
  • : 1

Ðis synt þa land ge mæra to ƿittanníge ·

Ærest and lang þæs streámes on þone mæd ham þe hyrnð into scylftune · and fram scylftune and lang streames <ŧ> hit cymð to ðam myleƿere þe hyrnð into duceling dune · of þæm ƿære ofær þone ƿegean mór into hoc slépa 1 · þanon on ða niƿan díc · of þære díc on hórninga mære · of horninga mære <7>lang þæs gé mæres to hlǽƿan slǽde óf ðam slæde into dufan doppe2 · <7> sƿá and lang gé mǽres into leofstánes bricge · óf leofestanes bricge · into kytelaceras · óf kytelacæras innon þa ƿude stret · and lang þære strete into hafoces hlǽƿe · of hafoces hléƿæ innon ƿænric · of ƿenric to spondæneb · æfter spondænec 3 to þære haran apeldran · of þære apeldran and lang gé mæres innan spon leged · óf sponleágee upp to þam heafdam · óf þam heafdan <7> lang surode innan huntenan ƿeg and lang huntenan ƿege into ƿícham · of ƿicham á be þare ƿyrtruman <ŧ> hít cymð ón sceápa ƿég · of sceapa ƿége and lang rihtes gé mæres innan æcenes feld · of æcenes felda <7>lang rihtes gé mæres on kicge stan · of kicge stane into æceres felda · of æcenes felda þær þa cnihtas licgað · <7> fram ham þe þa cnihtas licgað · on mæt seg · <7> lang mét seg into ƿen ríc ·

 

1
Or 'ƿ'; 'ƿ' and 'p' are confused in this manuscript
2
The only unambiguous 'p's in this text
3
All the 'p's in 'spon' are written more like wynn, but so are the 'p's in 'apeldran' and 'sceapa' later in the text

Variant Readings from Kemble, no. 775

a
slew
b
swondæne
c
swondæne
d
swonlége
e
swonleáge