L534.0.00
- : Sawyer 534, MS 1: London, British Library, Harley 61
- : Shaftesbury
- : Dorset
- : land in the Isle of Purbeck
- : 1
þese sanden þe land imare ·
arest fram ƿicanford’1 on beam broc · an ðonnen an lang broke on anne wiþig · þefeleþiers ouer þane merse þare weilaite · þanne · or anne ston · of þanne stane <!> on alle ƿiscan of alle discan <!> on anne dich · þannen suth at lang dich <!> on ðonea 2 herepaþ of þen here paþe suth an lang dich on þanne cumb · þon’ an lang cumbe on þen hirnen <!> onne strut heardes paþe of þane paþe forðe an lange welles <!> one þane westrene cumbe þanne <!> a dun anlang cumbes on þane broc · þon’ anlang stremes on þe schort mannes pol þerth ut on sce · þane is þis seo westere land sceare · Of sa <!> an anne stan tor · of þane tore <!> on þane clif upward on anne dich · þanen north an lang safandune on þene richte herepath · þanen north an lang dich · oþ þan ealden stodfald estward · þane forþ on ða ealden hege rewe anlang þare hege rewe oþ þa dich · of þare dich on anne linc reawe · of þane linche on bl[.........................]3 þanne anlang broces oþ olle discan · of olle discan north ouer þane[..............]4 on scyleford · þane an lang streame · þat it cometh eft to wikenforde ·
- 1
- Or, from a palaeographical point of view, 'forð'
- 2
- The cross on the eth is displaced to the right, as often with this scribe
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- Section left blank
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- Left blank
Variant Readings from ASCharters Shaftesbury, no. 16
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- done