• : Sawyer 179, MS 1, Boundary 3: London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. xiii
  • : Worcester
  • : Worcestershire
  • : Hallow
  • : 1

Ðis his þa lond ge mæra

of halhegan int[.]1 ƿontes forda · Of ƿontes forda in ƿontes dic · Of ƿontes dic in ceor · Of þa ceore in cis burne · Of cis burne in cattes stycc · Of cattes stycce in grene ƿeg on long þæs[.....]eƿeges in þreom ac · Of þreō ac · in gundes stige · Of gundes stige in neoƿe heg · æft[...]ǣ2 neoƿe hege þæt cyme inlaure · Æft laure <ŧ> cyme in lauric · Æft laur[.]c<ŧ> cyme in balde næsces ford · Of balde næsces3 fordeinþa ƿærriht ac · Of <ŧ> ƿærr[...]ac bi <ŧ> ƿad lond · Of þæa 4 ƿad londe5 in gearri ford · Of gearri ford in bradi b[.]rne · Of brade burne iþa6 alde dic · Of7 þære alde dic in sice [................]8 bitƿeonenb brunanc 9 <7> halheogan in ƿær legan · Of ƿærlega in sæferne stream ·

Ðis synd þa lond gemæra into halheogan on ƿest half sæferne ·

 

1
Illegible readings are due to water damage and to a hole down the middle of the added slip of parchment on which this text is written
2
Parchment damaged above the 'æ'
3
There is a punctus after 'balde' at the end of the line, with a further punctus at the beginning of the next line before 'næsces'
4
No sign of abbreviation over the 'æ'
5
Punctus at end of line, with further punctus at beginning of next line
6
No sign of suspension stroke
7
Punctus at end of line after 'dic' and small punctus at beginning of line before 'Of'
8
There is a deliberate erasure at this point: all that remain decipherable are 2 or 3 characters, then a space, then an ascender followed by 'a' and then 8 or so characters
9
The first character is not 'g'; it is identical to the 'b' in 'balde' a few lines above; it could possibly be followed by '-rim-', but looks more like '-run-'

Variant Readings from Hooke, Worcestershire Anglo-Saxon Charter Bounds, no. 15

a
þa
b
betƿeonen
c
griman