L961.0.00

  • : Sawyer 961, MS 1: Dorchester, Dorset History Centre, D/FSI/charter 1024 (olim Dorset R.O., D. 124)
  • : Abbotsbury
  • : Dorset
  • : Portesham
  • : 1

Ærest1 of myle broce on cuceles hylle of cuceles h[.......................]2 holun on motbeorh · of motbeorge onþaa stræt of þæreb stræt onþone ealdan ƿegc þurh þone graf <7> sƿa onþone Smalan3 pæþ oferþa stræt onþone ealdan ƿeg <7> sƿa <7>lang ƿeges on atange[.............................]eorhd <7> sƿa on æt stealles beorh ofþā beorge Suð on4 þa ealdan ƿale Sƿa oncorfgetes ƿestran totane · of þam totanf Suð beƿale onþære dice hyrnan · <7> Sƿa ƿest be díc onoðre hyrnan sƿa suð5 be dic on þære mæ[....]yrnan6 <7> þær ƿest be díc on oðre mæde hyrnan <7> Sƿa Suð andlang díc on halgan ƿyl · of halgan ƿylle ƿest be díc on þa clæian lane · of þære clæiā lane <!>7 on myle broc adun be streame · eft of mylebroce on cuceles hylle ·

 

1
Possibly 'Æ' altered from 'E'
2
There is a largish section of the manuscript missing along one of the folds; this accounts for the illegible readings.
3
The larger 's's occur also in eg. 'ælfSie' in the witness list
4
2nd minim lost to hole
5
Top of ascender of 's' and first minim missing
6
The 'æ' of 'mæ..' has apparently been altered from 'e', and the tops of the 'y' and 'r' are missing - the final 2 characters are clear enough
7
'þa clæian lane . of þære clæiā lane<!>' appears to be written over an erasure and in a different hand

Variant Readings from Kemble, no. 741

a
on þe
b
þ/ð and wynn/w variants not included under Variant                             Readings
c
ƿæg
d
earh
e
cotan
f
cotan