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  • : Sawyer 673, MS 1, Boundary 3: London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. vi
  • : Abingdon
  • : Berkshire
  • : Longworth [1]
  • : 2

Þis sind þa landgemære to ƿyrþe ·

Ærest of eoccen on þa gemær lace · <7> lang lace be ƿestan cearna graf be þan and heafdan to eadulfes pytte þo<ń> <7> lang slædes to þan heafod æcere norþeƿeardon þonon ond lang æceres to þan and heafdan <ŧ> to þan hæþan byrgeles on þa ealdan dic <7> lang dic to þæn port ƿege · þo<ń> on þa deopan furh þōne on þa stanbricge1 on temese ondlang temese to þā þorn stybbe aeta cingtuninga ge mære þonne to þan heaþanb byrgelesec þonne on þa meardic be eastan ælfsiges cotan <7> lang dic á to þan <ŧ>e2 þonne ofer þonne mor on þa heafda <ŧ> on þone ƿænƿeg <7> lang ƿeges to þǣ þorn stybbe ƿiþ þone ƿeg þonne on eoccen on þæt mor slæde estƿærde <7> long eoccen þæt eft on þa mær lace ,

 

1
Suprascript 'i' for 'ri' abbreviation due to approach of end of line
2
Sic

Variant Readings from ASCharters Abingdon, no. 84

a
æt
b
hæþan
c
byrgeles