W Winchester, Cathedral I

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    Nu ƿe sculon herıan|[1]      heofonrıces ƿe[ard][2]|

    metodes mıhte      ond h[ıs][3]| modgeþanc

    ƿeorc ƿu[l]|dorfæder[4]      sƿa he ƿu[n]|dra gehƿılc

    ece drıh[ten]|      ƿord astealde

5     he [æ]|ræst[5] gescop·      ylda [bear]|num

    heofon to rofe      [halıg][6]| scıppend

    mıddanear[de][7]|      manncynnes ƿeard[8]|

    ece drıhten      æfter tıd[a]|

    fyrum on foldum|      frea ealmıhtı·[9]|


Notes

[1]herıan|] Left descender of <n> visible in margin. Second heri deleted by underlining. A similar correction has been made in Ld (herıan herıan). Trimming has damaged or destroyed the final letters in all but the last two manuscript lines in this witness.

[2]ƿe[ard]|] The left loop of the <e> and what was (presumably) the bottom of loop of the <a> are still visible in margin.

[3]h[ıs]|] <ı> partially visible in margin.

[4]ƿu[l]|dorfæder] Left descender of <u> visible in margin.

[5][æ]|ræst] Bottom left of loop of <æ> just visible in margin.

[6][halıg]|] Left descender of <h> visible in margin.

[7]mıddanear[de]|] de is assumed on the basis of all other witnesses to this tradition.

[8]ƿeard|] Loop and top of the ascender of <d> partially visible in margin.

[9]frea ealmıhtı·|] A letter (probably <o>) has been erased between frea and ealmıhtı.