L1380.1.01

  • : Sawyer 1380, MS 2, Boundary 1: Manchester, John Rylands Library, English 880
  • : Wolverhampton
  • : Worcestershire
  • : Upper Arley
  • : 2

This beoth ða mere into Earnleie ·

Erest to1 of earesbroce in ða scorte ðornes · Ant2 of ða scorte ðofnes3 in wlsies horse croft · And ðanen in Alrescagan · And of ðe scagan in eadulfes croft · And of da4 croste5 in ðon rey wey6 wei · onlang ðane rie wei in ða eord briche , and ðonan duneward in ða lynleie and of ðare lie7 leie on ðone swinseað · And of ða seaðe in heortseges broc · onlang ðes broces in ða myðan · And of ðare myðen in byinnig broc · and ðanen up efter8 broce in ðat sych · And of ðane9 sich in sciteresford · <7> of ðan forde in bromescumbe · <7> of ða cumb in eðelsies ymere10 in seferne dune · onlang sefernes in fif aken · of fif aken ī ðone styb · <7> of ða stybbe in ða strete · onlang strete in winnantrow · <7> of ða trow on tudeles11 beche12 · onlang beches13 in seferne · up efter seferne in Leofriches ymere · onlang14 ðe mere in thurulfes weie · of ðe weie in ðone Aker geard · onlang ðe gearde in lamb’des leie · And of ðe leie on eares broc : ðer hit er onfeng ·

 

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Crossed out
2
Sic
3
Sic
4
Sic
5
Sic
6
Crossed out
7
Crossed out
8
Probably 'e', but it does look rather like an ill-formed 'a'
9
The last letter is erased; it was most likely 'e'
10
The 'of' phrase is omitted here
11
Crossed out
12
Presumably 'b', but written more like 'e' with an ascender through the middle
13
Presumably 'e', but the tongue is written with a separate stroke which isn't usual, and it also has a short downstroke from the edge of the hook to the lower curve, so not unlike 'a' with a line through the middle
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Perhaps with an accent on the 'o'