• : Sawyer 108, MS 1, Boundary 1: London, Lambeth Palace 1212
  • : Canterbury, Christ Church (? ex Selsey)
  • : Sussex
  • : Bexhill
  • : 1

þissynd þaera · uiii · hida land gemera · þuer in landes into bęx1 ƿarena lande ·

Arast on cneohta2 treou · of cneohta treuue · suuae suð on saeƿe · sƿæ andlang strandes oð ongean · Codanclibe · Esteƿerd and suuæ þoaruppa onða ealdan merc dic · suuæ norð to kæía ƿeorðe · and suuæ to bęnetínge3 riðe · <7> suuæ norð þurch · sceorta ƿida to þaere mearc · becean · of ðære becean to noðingforda · of þamforða and lang uuæteres to stratt bręcge4 · of þaere brecge up and lang seohtran tobedanseaðe · of þam seaðe · suð and lang mearce eft to cneohta treouue ·

 

1
There are several examples in this text of this curious character whose top is formed as an 'e' but which then loops down into a tail - is it the scribe's attempt at e-caudata? or 'y'? but quite unlike his usual 'y'
2
'e' altered from 'o'
3
See note above re. e-caudata
4
Ditto

Variant Readings from ASCharters Selsey, Appendix 2, no. C

a
þearupp