H Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 43

A semi-diplomatic transcription of the final scribal state

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    Nu ƿe sculon herıan      heofonrıces ƿeard·

    metudes myhte·      ond hıs modgeþanc|

    ƿurc ƿuldarfæder·[1]      sƿa he ƿundra gehƿılc

    ece drıhten      ord astealde·

5     He| ærest gesceop      ylda bearnum

    heofon to hrofe·      halıg scyppend

    mıddangearde|      mancynnes ƿeard

    éce[2] drıhten·      Æfter tıda

    fırum on foldum      frea ælmyhtıg[3]|


Notes

[1]ƿuldarfæder·] <a> corrected from <u>. Perhaps intended as <o>.

[2]éce] A very light accent (but in same colour ink) appears over the first <e>. Not in Dobbie 1937, 39.

[3]ælmyhtıg|] Dobbie 1937 reads ælmyhtig· (39). There is no final point in the manuscript.