• : Sawyer 659, MS 1, Boundary 1: York, DC., Magnum Registrum Album, pt 1
  • : York
  • : Nottinghamshire
  • : Southwell
  • : 1

Dir sinda dā landsemare1 into sudƿellan

of damforda <7>lans greotansia se ealdartreana poeot be eastan <7> be sudan dam esete þon serihte durh2 niƿatunes broc sofot on sreotanup be broce be sudan sunninsale holme þon bradanb lese ƿeasteyfarde þan on to Cottan of cottan <7>lans strāt3 on holan broc <7>lans broces þup be þan hlinee an furlans ƿidīnan þ ane sraf þ ut on þa ac of þfre ac abe þan hfafdan on þone nordran þorn of þā þorne on streotan <7>lans greotan h4 est on þone ford ·

 

1
The scribe misreads 'g' as 's', 's' as 'r' and 'e' as 'f' amongst many other miscopyings, and in this script wynn, thorn and 'y' are identical apart from the dot over the 'y'. In this transcript wynn and thorn are transcribed according to context. Variant readings re. Farrer's 'y'/wynn/thorn are not noted
2
With crossed 'h'
3
Overline above the 'a'
4
Crossed 'h' for crossed thorn

Variant Readings from Farrer, EYC, no. 2

a
ealdartreau
b
vra dan