L766.5.00
- : Sawyer 766, MS 1, Boundary 5: London, British Library, Harley 436
- : Wilton
- : Wiltshire
- : Frustfield, lost [2]
- : 1
Þisa synt þare · iii · hida land gemære to fyrstes felda ·
Ærest of þā sceardan hƿeole <7>lang hemede ƿeges on ðone ealdan mapoldre · þo<ń> on þa ruƿan þírnan1 · þanon on þa oðre ónðæs heges byht2 · of ðaesb heges byhte on fox hyllæ · þo<ń> ƿest inonðone crundel · þanon onðæne ealdan orcheard ealsƿaðe hege byhð c 3 onðæned 4 herpæð · <7>lang paðes on dyre broc · of þambroce ónþone ƿylmā on pitane 5 ƿille þanon ón hæsyloran · þonne ut þurh þane holt on þæt scearde hƿeol ·
- 1
- Very faint accent
- 2
- 'y' corrected in rasura
- 3
- Clearly no 'sƿa', pace Searle
- 4
- 'ðæ' perfectly clear, then follows what looks like 'n' with biting 'e' followed by 'e', but the eye of the biting is 'e' partially erased
- 5
- Clearly 'p'
Variant Readings from Searle 1894, pp. 211-13
- a
- Ðys
- b
- þæs
- c
- sƿa
- d
- ðaere
- e
- þitan