L1003.0.00

  • : Sawyer 1003, MS 1: Exeter, D.C., 2526
  • : Exeter
  • : Devon
  • : Dawlish
  • : 1

Ðys sindo1 þa land ge mæro ·

Ærest on tenge muðan upp andlang2 þæs fleotes on crampan steort · <7>sƿa eft on gean be þā sealternon on þa stræte on ƿest healfe michaheles ciricean · <7>sƿa norð andlang þære stræt on þa greatan dic ·3 þanon norðeft ongerihte on þone blindan4 ƿill · ofa þā ƿille norðon ge rihte onþone dunnan stán · þanon5 eft norð rihte on þa ealdan dic · <7> sƿa and lang þære dic norð on ge rihte ofer ƿæt’ sceotab 6 cumb · þanon up and lang þære ealdan ræƿe onþa stapulas · frā þā stapulon on gerihte and lang hricges on sand holcan · of sandholcan anglang strete on blacan penn · þanon7 and lang stræte onbradan mores heafdon · <7>þanon on ge rihte and lang stræte oð eorð birig · <7> sƿa norð8 and lang stræte on stan beorh · <7> sƿa niðer andlang stræte on doflisc ford · <7>þanon norð of þā forda and langþære port stræte on risc slædes heafdon · sƿa niðer and lang streames on cocc ford <7> sƿa and lang þæs fleotes9 ut on exan · niðer eft and lang exan þær sciter lacu ut scit · <7>sƿa up and lang sciter lace on10 þæs fleotes heafod · þanon siððan suð on þa ealdan díc · <7>sƿa on ge rihte to þā readan stane · of þā stane suð ut on þa sǽ · sƿa ƿest be sǽ eft on tenge muðan11 ·

 

1
Sic
2
All but first minim of first 'n' obscured by tight fold
3
Punctus very small, and no extra space between words, but it is clearly there
4
The scribe first wrote 'bi-' then added an ascender
5
Most of 'þ' lost in fold
6
Sic suspension stroke over the 't'
7
Faded along fold
8
'r' corrected, from ?'a' or minim
9
A bit messy, and partly lost in fold
10
'n' corrected from 'r' by erasuring descender
11
Last minim of 'm' and first of 'u' lost to fold

Variant Readings from Hooke, Pre-Conquest Charter-Bounds of Devon and Cornwall, Devon no. 26

a
on
b
ƿætsceota