Bd Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 163[1]

A semi-diplomatic transcription of the final scribal state

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    [N]⟨u⟩[2] ƿ⟨e⟩ sc⟨u⟩[lon] [he]⟨rı⟩an·|      [he]⟨o⟩f⟨o⟩[nr]⟨ı⟩[c]⟨ae⟩[s] [ƿear]⟨d⟩·|

    [metodes] [mı]⟨h⟩[t]⟨e⟩      ⟨ond⟩ hıs| [modgeþanc]

    [ƿ]⟨e⟩[or]c| [ƿuldorfæder]      [s]⟨ƿ⟩a| [he] [ƿundra] [ge]⟨hƿ⟩ylc·[3]|

    [ece] [drıhten]      ⟨or⟩d[4]| [astealde]

5     [He] [æ]⟨r⟩[e]st| [ges]⟨eop⟩      [yl]⟨d⟩a b⟨ea⟩rnum·|

    [heo]⟨f⟩o⟨n⟩ [to] ⟨h⟩rofe·[5]|      [halıg] [scıp]⟨pe⟩n⟨d⟩|

    [mid]⟨danea⟩[r]de      [mon|cynnes] [ƿeard]

    [e]⟨c⟩e| [drıhten]      [æfte]⟨r⟩ tida|

    [fır]⟨u⟩m on f⟨o⟩ldum·|      [fre]a ælmıhtig·|


Notes

[1]The transcription in Frampton 1924 (4-5, n. 3) differs from that presented here in the interpretation of a number of damaged and partially visible letters. The poor quality of the surviving text makes final determination of letter forms next to impossible.

[2]Nu... ælmıhtig·|] Text has been badly damaged by trimming and attempt at erasure.

[3][ge]⟨hƿ⟩ylc·|] With <y> corrected from <ı> and <c> corrected from <ı>.

[4]⟨or⟩d|] Impossible to say whether this word was preceded by a <ƿ> as in the probably related W. See above, Chapter 4: Manuscripts (Bd).

[5]⟨h⟩rofe·|] Descender of what is probably an initial <h> is visible to the left of the <r>.