L255.0.00
- : 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-'
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- '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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