• : Sawyer 881, MS 1: London, British Library, Harley 436
  • : Wilton
  • : Wiltshire
  • : Fovant [2]
  • : 1

Þis syndon þaa land gemærob to fobbefunten þat hys

Ærest on þone haranhæsel · of þam haranhæsle on earnhylle middeƿerde · of earnhylle on pott ƿyll · of pott ƿille on þa ealdan ƿyrðe · of ðære ƿyrþe tohearpaþe · ðonne and lang hearpaðes to þam án heafdan · of ðam anheafdan on lokeresleage · of lokeresleage on sigƿynne dic · þonne ofsigƿínnec dic uppondune þrittig gyrda · be eastan ceasterblædbyrig on þa byrigenne · of ðare byrigenne on þane hearpað · þonne and lang herepaðes on þone scearpan garan ƿesteƿerdne · of þam garan inonþa yfre · of ðære yfre in on þa gareðru · ofðam gere þran feoƿer ækeras beƿestan ðam hangran · of þam feoƿer ækeran and lang heafda on blacan hylle middeƿerde · ðonon of blacan hylle norþ to hearpaþe · of ðam hearpaþe on þa ƿestrā dune ƿesteƿerded · of þære dune on chealfhylle middeƿerde · þo<ń> of chielfhylle on ƿulfhylle1 middeƿerde · of ƿulfhylle to ƿuda · sƿá beþan eald ƿyrtruman inon nodre · þonon andlang streames eft on þæne hæran hæsl ·

 

1
The second minim of 'u' was first written with an ascender; the top was then erased

Variant Readings from Kemble, no. 687

a
þ/ð and wynn/w variants not included under Variant                             Readings
b
landgemære
c
sigwynne
d
ƿestƿerde