• : Sawyer 977, MS 1: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Top. Northants. c. 23
  • : Evesham
  • : Northamptonshire
  • : Newnham
  • : 3

Ðis syndon þa land gemære into Niƿenhā ·

Ærest onþa dic þe Ælfric byscop let dician · of ðere dic on ðene 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 þa dic · of ðære dic on ðene broc · <7> lang broces on ðene fule syc · of ðæs syces heafdon into þam pytte1 on þa dic · <7> lang dice on þone ƿylle · of þam ƿylle on ðene pæð · of þam pæðe on þene mær pytte2 · of þam pytte <7> lang furh onþa heafda · <7> lang heafda on þene grena pæð · <7> lang pæðes eft on ða heafda · <7> lang heafda norð on þene stybb · of þam stybbe on þa stræt · <7> lang stræte on þa mær furh · <7> lang furh to þam ƿest heafdon · of ðam heafda norð rith onþene ƿyll · of þam ƿylle into dræghæma gemære · <7> lang gemæres on þa heþenan byrgelas · of ðam byrgelas and lang pæðes on hynde lype · of hyndehlype <7> lang pæþes on þa ƿyrt ƿalan · of þam ƿyrtƿalan on heort sole · of heort sole on þene smeþa hlæƿ · of þam hlæƿe on ða furh · <7> lang furh on ða ƿyrt ƿale · sƿa be þære ƿyrt ƿale on ƿyþig ƿylle · of þære ƿylle onþæne stod fald · þonon onþene hæran pæðe · <7> lang pæðes on dene mær ðorn · þo<ń> suð riht on þene heafd æcer · of þam heafdon onþene 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 furh on leofsunes heafd æcer · Syððan æfter doddafor dung gemære on ða portstræt · of ðære stræt suþ riht on þære mære · of þam mære onþene broc · <7> sƿa æft úp3 <7> lang broces on fearnhylles síc · <7> lang sices be eofordunenga gemære on þa stræt · <7> lang stræt ƿið utan þa ƿyrtƿalan · þonon on þa dic þa ƿe ær on fengon ·

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

 

1
'of ðam pytte' omitted
2
Corrected, apparently in main hand, from 'pitte'
3
Accent fairly flat, so looks much like suspension-stroke