O Oxford, Corpus Christi College, 279, B

A semi-diplomatic transcription of the final scribal state

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    Nu ƿe sculan[1] herıan      heofon|rıces ƿeard

    metodes mıhte      ond hıs modgeþonc|

    ƿera[2] ƿuldorfæder      sƿa he ƿundra gehƿæs|

    ece dryhten      oórd[3] onstealde

5     he ærest gesceop|      eorðan bearnum[4]

    heofon to hrofe      halıg| scyppend

    ða mıddongeard      moncynnes ƿeard|

    ece dryhten      æfter teode[5]

    fırum foldan      frea[6]| ælmıhtıg·


Notes

[1]Nu ƿe sculan] ƿe added above the line with caret between Nu and sculan.

[2]ƿera] <o> corrected to <a> by overwriting.

[3]oórd] <d> added above the line with caret after <r>.

[4]bearnum] Word is followed by erasure of two or three letters. The original reading appears to have been bearnunum with <um> subsequently erased and the <n> changed to <m>.

[5]teode] With erasure between <o> and final <d>.

[6]foldan frea|] <n> added above the line with caret between folda and frea.