L912.3.00
- : Sawyer 912, MS 1, Boundary 3: Brussels, Bibliotèque Royale, 7965-73 (3723)
- : St Albans
- : Hertfordshire
- : woodland in Barnet
- : 2
Ðissynt ðesa ƿealdes gemære in to ðære ealdan byrig
Ærest ofhæƿenes hlæƿe andlang enefeldinga gemære onscir burnan , ofscirburnam1 to æðeleof hæcce · Ofþam hæcce to æscbƿrihtes heale , ofðam heale2 andlang eadulfingtuninga gemære toseodes3 geate , ofþam geate onbyttes stigle , ofbyttes stigileb 4 andlang þæs biscopes gemære onƿakeling mor , ofþam more on aggangeat , ofþam geate onðone steort æ bræneten5 , andlang brænecten6 a beoþam geondran stæðe onðæne sihter ætatehriges ænde of þam sihtre andlang heanduninga gemære on grendeles gat , of grendeles gate and lang scenleainga gemære onruge beorc lege , ofbeorc lege on hæþ lege , ofhæþlege a beo ƿyrtruman æst onhæƿenes hlaƿe7 ·
- 1
- Sic
- 2
- Confused graph; possibly 'æ';
- 3
- Either or both of these 's's could alternatively be 'r's in this script; it is unambiguously 'seodes' in MS 2 (L912.3.01), however
- 4
- With both 'i's dotted
- 5
- Spelled 'et bretneten'; the scribe uses the graphs 'et' for 'æ'
- 6
- This is spelled 'bretnecten'
- 7
- Confused graph; it looks like an emendation of 'u' to 'a'
Variant Readings from ASCharters St Albans, no. 11
- a
- ðæs
- b
- stigele