• : Sawyer 977, MS 2: London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. xxiv
  • : Evesham
  • : Northamptonshire
  • : Newnham
  • : 3

Ðis syndon þa land gemære into niƿenham ·

Ærest on þa díc þe ælfric byscop let dician · of ðere díc on þene cyric pæð · <7>lang pæþes on ðene bradan ƿæg · on lang ƿæges on helmstanes lege · of ðere lege betƿux þam tƿam ƿegum on ðene stocc · of þam stocce on ða díc · of ðære díc on þene broc · <7>lang broces on ðene fule syc · of ðæs syces heafdon into þam pytte · of ðam pytte on þa díc · <7>lang dice onðone ƿylle · of þam ƿylle onðene pæð · of þam pæðe onþene mær pytte · ofþam pytte <7>lang furh on þa heafda · <7>lang heafda on þene grena pæð · <7>lang pæðes eft on þa heafda · <7>lang heafda norð on þene stybb · of þam stybbe on þa stræt · <7>lang stræte onþa mær furh · <7>lang furh to þam ƿest heafdon · of þam heafda norð riht onþene ƿyll · of þam ƿylle into dræghæma gemære · <7>lang gemæres on þa heþenan byrgelas · ofðam byrgelas andlang pæþes on hyndelype · of hyndehlype <7>lang pæþes on þa ƿyrt ƿalan · of þam ƿyrtƿalan on heort sole · of heort sole on þene smeþa hlæƿ · of ðam hlæƿe onða furh · <7>lang furh on ða ƿyrt ƿale · sƿa be þære ƿyrt ƿale on ƿiðig ƿylle · of þære ƿylle on þæne stod fald · þonon on ðene hæran pæðe · <7> lang pæðes on ðene mær ðorn · þo<ń>1 suð riht on þene heafd æcer · of þam heafdon on þene ƿæg · of þam ƿæge on þa buttuccas · of ðam buttuccon on ðene broc · <7> lang broces on ða reada clyf of þan clyfe on þa furh · <7>lang fyrh on leofsunes heafd æcer · Syððan æfter doddafordung2 gemære on ða port stræt · of ðære stræt suþ riht on þære mære · of þam mære on þene broc · <7> sƿa æft úp <7>lang broces on fearnhylles3 síc · <7>lang sices be eofordunenga gemære on þa stræt · <7>lang stræt ƿið utan þa ƿyrtƿalan · þonon on þa díc þa ƿe ær on fengon ·

<7> an myln binnan doddafordinga land score · <7> of rotaby into niƿanham tƿa hund sƿina mæsten · <7> ƿudu ræden loca hƿæs man beþurfe ·

 

1
Written þón
2
Sic with suspension stroke over the 'g'
3
Unclear 'r' due to small triangular hole