L550.2.00

  • : Sawyer 550, MS 1, Boundary 2: London, British Library, Cotton Charters viii. 6
  • : Evesham
  • : Gloucestershire
  • : Maugersbury [1]
  • : 2

Þo<ń> is þis þara uii hida landge mæra æt mæþelgares byrig þe hyrd into burghtune1 ·

ærese2 of mæþelgares byrig ón deopancumb · op deopancumbe oncƿenena broce of cƿenena broce up beþam geride · toþam beorgan · op þam beosgan on siscƿille · of siscƿille on mæsƿille · of mæsƿille on sealter’ ƿille · of sealtes ƿille <7>lang broces toƿam greatan þorne · of þā þorne on þorn beorh · op þorm beorge on foss eft <7>langfoss · þæt monda eá on ƿænric · up on stream oððone garan suð ƿeardne · of þam garan on horpyc of horpycte eft on foss · ƿid suðan þone garan · <7>lang fossest on mæþelgares byrig <;>

 

1
't' apparently altered from ?'u'
2
A fold in the parchment obscures the 'æ', there are also many misreadings made by the copyist in this text