L812.0.00
- : Sawyer 812, MS 1: London, British Library, Lansdowne 442
- : Romsey
- : Hampshire
- : Romsey
- : 1
Þis ís þe landmarke to Romesyea ·
Erest upand langstrete þare þat þurstan seit and so to fareburne upb and lang’ fareburne anon to carebrok · Of carebrokes on þa rugedich andlang’ þare rugedich to þare laþemere · and síþen oure bí bisshopes marke to rís brigge of mearkbrok andlang’ mearkbrok to cumerantreuwe · Of cumerantreowe on marchbrokeshened on þane brodec mere · Of þane mere sugríst ín nan `þa´1 willan · Of þan willan of2 gryndenbrok · Of gryndenbrok on stēnes paeg andland 3 paþes hut on rusfeld þanne andlang hegges oue hit comeg to wirmesie · Of wirmesye to bodestan · Fram bodestan suthe andlang lauen · Fram þe lauen ín þe dich bí þugen þanne andlangdich ín non þe wiþigee · Of þan wiþief 4 ín an þe heat andlang heae ín þan dede lake · Of þare dedelake to huntesige · Of huntesige ín and þan alde tersten andlang þar ealde terste ond þe hít comeþ ín þare streít þare þurstang seyt ·
- 1
- Inserted with an insertion mark by the main scribe
- 2
- Sic
- 3
- There is an erasure of one character's width between the 'n' and 'p'
- 4
- Sic 'w's
Variant Readings from Birch, no. 1187
- a
- Romeseye
- b
- ap
- c
- brod
- d
- andlang
- e
- ƿiþige
- f
- ƿiþie
- g
- ƿurstan