• : Sawyer Pelteret11, MS 1, Boundary 2: Wells, D.C., Liber Albus II
  • : Wells
  • : Somerset
  • : «Cumbtun» associated with Banwell
  • : 1

ðis syndan þa land gemæru into Cumbtune

ærest onhryges torr of hryges torre east on þone smalen ƿeg <7> lang ƿæges on ealmes feald eastƿearde sƿa <7> lang ƿæges on þone scyte sƿa on ðonea norðernna ƿeg on þa stygela <7> sƿa <7> lang ƿeges on cearce roðeb of ðærec roðed on ufeƿearde caleƿen · sƿa rihte nyðer on þa sand seaþas · þone rihte on þone holan ƿeg <7>lang ƿæges on ceolc broc <7> lang broces ut onreod ræƿe onaxa to ƿæde ƿær sƿa <7> lang eaa to ƿiht hyrste ofdæree hyrste on þa blindan ea · sƿa æftf on axa <7> lang streames on1 loxan <7> lang loxan up on cyrces gemæro <7> on bertunes gemæru sƿa up ofer duna eftg 2 on hricges toreh ·

 

1
Written by the main scribe over an erasure
2
'ft' and 'st' are subject to interpretation in this script; st-ligature is used here, but this scribe uses s-ligatures quite freely so there is some ambiguity

Variant Readings from Earle 1888, 431-4

a
þone
b
rode
c
þære
d
rode
e
of ðære
f
æst
g
est
h
torr