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  • : Sawyer 531, MS 1: London, British Library, Harley 436
  • : Wilton
  • : Wiltshire
  • : Knoyle [1]
  • : 1

Þis sendon þalond gemere ·

rest1 ·2 on ealdan dic ofealdan dic on cigean cytan of cygean cytan oncuffes cnol · of cuffes cnolle on ƿidan leage of ƿidan leage onƿulfa broc of ƿulfa broce on ƿealinga3 ham of ƿealínga hamme on ƿinter burnan of ƿinter burnan on nunnena dene of nunnena dene on scearpan dune of scearpan dune on laƿeorc dune of laƿeorc dune eft on ealdan dic ·

 

1
Sic: space left at the beginning of the word for a coloured initial
2
Sic; clear and deliberate punctus
3
Final 'a' appears to be altered from 'e'

Variant Readings from Birch, no. 870

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