• : Sawyer 964, MS 1: London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. vi
  • : Abingdon
  • : Berkshire
  • : Lyford [2]
  • : 3

Ærest of eoccan east <7>lang þære ealdan dic on þa lam pyttes · of þam pyttan est be gemære on byttman dic · of þære dic est be gemære on cyllriþe <7>lang cyllriþe to bottan ige of bottan ige be leofrices gemære1 to ƿinagares stapule of þam stapule to ƿiht lufe hamme ƿest ƿerdon eft on eoccan ·

Þisne land splot becƿæþ æþelƿine ī to abbendune <7> þone hagan on oxna forda þe he sylf on sæt on mycelre ge ƿitnysse ·

 

1
First 'e' altered, the result being a cross between 'e' and 'a'

Variant Readings from ASCharters Abingdon, no. 138

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