L771.0.00
- : Sawyer 771, MS 1: London, British Library, Add. 15350
- : Winchester, Old Minster
- : Oxfordshire
- : Witney [1]
- : 1
Ðis synt þa land ge mero ðara · xxx · hida æt ƿyttannige ·
Ærest of hafoces hléƿe on ƿenrisc on þa ƿiðig réƿe on hnút clyf · of þam clyfe on hean leáge · <ŧ> on lungan leáge ƿeg · and lang ƿeges · þonne on spon1 leage þonne on spon2 ƿeg · <7>lang ƿeges <ŧ> hit sticað on norðe ƿeardum cynges steorte · Ða non on sugarode · and lang rode on huntena ƿeg · <7> lang ƿeges <ŧ> hit sticað æt ƿíc hám · ða non abe ƿyrt ƿále on ofling ecera 3 · þo non on ealdan ƿeg <7>lang ƿeges on cycgan stán · of þam stane on þane grenan ƿeg · and lang ƿeges · þonne on yccenes feld · of yccenes felda on ða hege reƿe · <7> lang hege reƿe ón met sinc · and lang met sinces on ecgerdes hel ufeƿeardne æfter ƿyrt ƿalan ón ƿenríc and lang ƿénrícces on fulan yge easteƿeardne · þo non æft’ ge mære ontidreding ford · ða non on occan slǽp4 · þa nón on ƿittan mor suðe ƿearðne þo non on colƿullan broc of þám broce on þa ealdan díc · of ðereb díc on fugel sléd óf of5 þam slede on þa stan bricge · æfter broce on þane ealdan ƿeg of þam ƿege on horninga mære ða non on ƿæredan hlinc suðeƿeardne þonan and lang slædes on tycan pyt6 and lang broces onða myþy of þas gemyþon on ceahhan mere · Ða non on lythlan eorþ beorg of þære byrig on þa on heafda of þas on heafdon on cytel ƿylle of ðas ƿylle on þa strét · <7>lang strete on hafoces hleƿ of þam hleƿe eft on hnut clif ðer hit ær áras ·
<7> ðis hisc 7 þæt med land þe þar to ge byrad æt hengestes ige an <7> tƿentig æcra ·
- 1
- 'p' and wynn often indistinguishable in this script; the second character here resembles 'p' slightly more than wynn
- 2
- Clearly 'p'
- 3
- 'e' quite clear
- 4
- Ambiguous 'p'/wynn
- 5
- Sic; repeated across page-boundary but not set off as catchword
- 6
- 'p' written more like wynn
- 7
- Sic
Variant Readings from Birch, no. 1230
- a
- æcer
- b
- ðære
- c
- is