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L480.0.00

  • : Sawyer 480, MS 1: London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. vi
  • : Abingdon
  • : Berkshire
  • : Appleton («Ærmundeslea»)
  • : 1

Þis synt þa lande mæroa to ærmundes lea <7> oþre naman æt æppeltune

ærst up of temese on ða dic æt doccan grafe þaet on þæt sic þe scyt þurh hæsel lea foran ongean þa dic þe scyt to ƿasan1 siþþan <7> lang ƿasan þæt hit sticað on tubban forda · þonon on þæt riþig oþ hit cymð to þære stræte · of þære strete on þa dic þe scyt to þam heafod lande · þonne on ƿest healfe þæs heafod landes · ui · gyrda be ƿestan yttinges hlaƿe · þonon on þa ræƿe of þaereb reaƿe on temese · on þæt in fyrde <7> lang temese eft on doccandic ·

 

1
Altered from 'ƿafan'

Variant Readings from ASCharters Abingdon, no. 34

a
land mæro
b
þære