• : Sawyer 255, MS 1: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. hist. a. 2, no. I
  • : Exeter (ex Crediton)
  • : Devon
  • : Crediton (Creedy Land)
  • : 1

Ærest of cridian brycge on herpað · andlanges herpaðes · onsulhford to exan · þonne andlang eaxan oð focgan1 igeðas · of focgan igeðum on landsceare hricg · of landsceare hricge onluhan treoƿ · of luhantreoƿe on haganget · of hagangate on doddan hrycg · of doddan hrycge on grendeles pyt · of grendeles pytte on ifigbearo · of ifigbeara2 on hrucgan cumbes ford · of hrucgan3 cumbes forda on fearnburh · of fearnbyrig on earnes hricg · of earnes hrycge on ƿealdancumbes ford · of ƿealdan cumbe on tettanburnan · of tettanburnan up on stream oð lyllanbroc · of lyllanbroce on middel hrycg · of middel hrycge on herepað ford · of herepaðforda on cyrtlangeat · of cyrtlan gate on suran apuldre · of suran apuldran on grenan ƿeg · of grenan ƿege on ƿulfpyt · of ƿulfpytte4 on stream oð þa laca tolycgaþ · þonne up onhrycg myddeƿeardne andlanghrycges5 oð þone pað · of þam paðe sceaftrihte on alr suð ofer on hlypan · of hlypan on byrccumbes heafod · of byrccumbes heafode onhananforda · þanon on bradanæsc · of bradanæsce on foxcumbes heafod · þanon onstanford on eoƿan · of stanforda on arlscagan · of alrscagan6 on eorðgeberst · þanon on grenan dune · of grenandune7 on herepað on puttanstapul · þanon on beornƿunne treoƿ · þanon on bucgan ford · of bucgan forda on brunƿoldes8 treoƿ · þanon on æsccumb9 · þo<ń> on ƿonbroc · <7>langes streames on teng upónstream on teng oð paðford · þanon on francancumb ·10 of fran11 cumbe on drosncūbes heafod · þanon12 on deormere · of deormere on langan stan · þanon on hurrancumbes heafod · of hurrancumbes heafde on riscford on nimed · þanon on healre13 dunæ · of healre dune on ƿærnan fæsten · þanon on cyddanford · of cyddanforda on cæfcan græfan · þanon on caines æcer · of caines æcere on ƿulfcumbes heafod · þanon on stanbeorg · of stanbeorge on cærsƿille · of cærsƿille on diðford · þanon on dicesget · of dices gate on unnan beorh · þanon14 on sƿincumb · of sƿincumbe on egesan treoƿ ·15 On nymed oð doflisc up oð ƿið[.]gslæd16 · of ƿyþigslade on eahta æc · þanon on hafoccumb · of hafoccumbe on haganget · þanon ut on hlypan · þanon on beonnanford on crydian · þonne on stream oð hafoccumb · þonne on hagan get · þonne on ðone ealdan herepað oð þa eastran crydian · þonne andlang streames to cridian brycge ·

 

1
'c' partly lost in fold
2
A gap of about 2 characters here for no apparent reason (not an obvious erasure); probably just to fill out end of line
3
'u' partly lost in fold
4
'u' partly lost in fold
5
Small + written above cue-height between words: perhaps a modern addition; it looks like a key to a gloss/addition, but nothing more visible
6
'alr-' corrected by main scribe from 'ar-'
7
'u' partly obscured by fold
8
'b' quite faded - ?water damage
9
Most of 'u' lost in fold
10
Stain and water-damage, but spacing right for punctus and one is perhaps visible
11
Quite faint, only space for 'fran', and no sign of any further letters
12
'a' partly lost in fold
13
'e' almost entirely lost in fold
14
Body lost in fold, but ascender and descender clearly visible
15
Second half of line blank
16
'i' lost entirely behind fold

Variant Readings from Hooke, Pre-Conquest Charter-Bounds of Devon and Cornwall, Devon no. 1

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