L727.1.00
- : Sawyer 727, MS 1, Boundary 1: London, British Library, Lansdowne 442
- : Romsey
- : Wiltshire
- : Steeple Ashton
- : 1
þis ís þe landmarke to Æyston’
Eresta on semnít ·1 of semnít <!> on kefle wirtrunb 2 of þan wirtrunc <!> on mileborne · and þanne on Fieltham3 · of þan hamme andlang’4 wereforersdone on cranmere · Of þan mere <!> on metoldeswílle · and þanne on clenanstícche · Of þan sticche <!> on hassukesmor · Of þan more <!> on holenbrok’5 · þannen on lechemered · þanne on rodestan · Of þan stan <!> on bereburne · Of þan burne <!> on bís · Of bís <!> on mealm · þan on alleburne <!> þanen on Fromesetíngaha<3>en · Of þan ha<3>en <!> on wuntfeld · and þanē on bur<3>redes rode · Of þare rode <!> on marcbrok · and þanen <!> on lambbrok · and þanen <!> on harammeree 6 · and þanne <!> on leofedeha<3>en · on bys · Of bís <!> on tibbenforde · an þanne <!> on hulpryngmor · and þanne on hapeldurehille · Of þare hulle <!> on markbrok · est on semnit ·
- 1
- Punctus here represent the scribe's upward virgule
- 2
- Four unmarked minims
- 3
- With suprascripted 'a'
- 4
- The final stroke on the 'g's may be a flourish rather than a suspension stroke
- 5
- Suspension stroke or flourish
- 6
- Six minims
Variant Readings from Birch, no. 1127
- a
- Ærest
- b
- wirtrim
- c
- wirtrim
- d
- lechmere
- e
- haran mere