L969.0.00

  • : Sawyer 969, MS 2: London, British Library, Add. 46487
  • : Sherborne
  • : Dorset
  • : Horton
  • : 2

Ærest cealdan broc scyt on ƿinburnan · Of ƿinburnan on mapoldor lea middeƿeardne · Of mapoldor lea innan east lea · Ut of east lea on þæt1 2 slæget · Of þam slægete3 on suðbeara suþe ƿeardne ·4 Of suð beara on linleaga mor · Of lin leage more · on þa gemearcodan lindan · Of þære gemearcodan lindan on bisic garan be þære norh ecge · Of bisicgaran on þone norþ heal · Of þam norþ heale · on blacan dune · Of þære dune on ciddesbeara · Of ciddesbeara on þa haran5 stanas · Of þam haran stanon andlang blacan dune ecge norþ on þa haran apoldran · Of þære apoldran suþ on þone mere on þona haran ƿiðig · Of þam ƿiðige ƿest on ƿænecan ƿyrþ on þa beorgas · Of ƿænecan ƿyrðe on suþ heal suþeƿeardne · Of þan heale on holan broc · Of þan broce to ruƿan leges gete · Of þan gete on hyrn · Up andlang hyrn <!> on þone mearc hagan · Of þam hagan · on þone readan ƿeg · Of þam ƿege · on heara ƿulfrices gemære · Of þam land gemære andlang streames eft on cealdan broc ·

 

1
'lin læge mor .' is interlineated above the characters 'lea on þæ' and below 'ardne . Of' in the line above in the manuscript; this and the further additions appear to be in the main hand, and are not keyed with insertion marks. It is unclear whether they are insertions or annotations, and exactly how they relate to the text
2
There are four interlinear additions to the text (in a similar hand to that of the main scribe): 'lin læge mor .' is interlineated at this point (note 'on linleaga mor' further on in the text)
3
'in acs hirste .' inerlineated above the characters 'am slæge' and below 'ea inna'
4
'in þa ƿiþgas' interlineated above the characters 'e ƿeardn' and below 't lea on'
5
'on þa hara apolþore' inerlineated

Variant Readings from ASCharters Sherborne, no. 20

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