- : Sawyer 501, MS 1: London, British Library, Add. 53710
- : Canterbury, St Augustine's
- : Kent
- : Sibertswold
- : 8
Ostymesingon1 ot ƿuneshyldan in feƿyrde <7> langricges · od ða2 stret · nider <7> langstrete sƿanord on aggint3 beorgas of haggynge beorgan · on brinesole of brynessole lang colredynga ge mercanod · helfesdene od · helfedene od leccan acer od leccan acere od ƿutham · ut on demie4 feld · od bealdessole of bealdessole ƿest · od schelfyng onðone5 kale ƿanstote · of dam6 kale ƿanstoce7 on byodune odðone8 eal danyeges9 langieges · est10 ong cymesyng11 ·
- 1
- Sic the many scribal misreadings and word divisions in this text
- 2
- Written more as 'dā'
- 3
- 3 minims with a stroke over the third one, but the 'dot' is often displaced to the right
- 4
- 'd' plus four minims written more as 'mi' than anything else
- 5
- Written more as 'dōe'
- 6
- 2 characters' width erased between the 'm' and 'k'
- 7
- Could equally be read as 'stote'
- 8
- Written as 'dōne'
- 9
- Dotted 'y'
- 10
- Sic
- 11
- With one or two characters erased between the 'y' and 'm' (part of the erasure noted above), the 'y' and 'm' being joined by a joining stroke, not necessarily by the same scribe