[Prologue]

is syndon a domas e Hlohre 7 Eadric Cantwara cyningas

asetton.
Hlohre 7 Eadric, Cantwara cyningas, ecton a a e heora aldoras r geworhton yssum domum, e hyr efter sge. [1] Gif mannes esne eorlcundne mannan ofslh, ane e sio reom hundum scill gylde, se agend one banan agefe 7 do r rio manwyr to. [1.1] Gif se bane obyrste, feore manwyr he to gedo 7 hine gecnne mid godum wdum t he ane banan begeten ne mihte. [2] Gif mannes esne frigne mannan ofslh, ane e sie hund scillinga gelde, se agend one banan agefe 7 oer manwyr r t. [2.1] Gif bana obyrste, twam manwyrum hine man forgelde 7 hine gecnne mid godum wdum, t he ane banan begeten ne mihte. [3] Gif frigman mannan forstele, gif he eft cuma stermelda, secge an andweardne. Gecnne hine gif he mge; hbbe are freora rim wdamanna 7 nne mid in ae ghwilc man t am tune e he tohyre. [3.1] Gif he t ne mge, gelde swa he gonoh ge. [4] Gif ceorl acwyle be libbendum wife 7 bearne, riht is t hit, t bearn, medder folgige, 7 him man an his fderingmagum wilsumne berigean ge[s]elle his feoh to healdenne, o t he X wintra sie. [5] Gif man orum mn feoh forstele, 7 se agend hit eft tfo, geteme to cynges sele gif he mge, 7 one t gebrenge e him sealde. [5.1] Gif he t ne mge, lte n 7 fo se agend to. [6] Gif man oerne sace tithe, 7 he ane mannan mote an medle oe an inge, symble se man am orum byrigean geselle 7 am riht awyrce e to hiom cantwara deman gescrifen. [6.1] Gif he onne byrigan forwrne, XII scillingas agylde am cyninge, 7 sio se sacy swa open swa hio r wes. [6.2] Gif man oerne tithe, sian he him byrigan gesealdne hbbe, 7 onne ymb III niht, gesecn hiom smend, buton am ufor leofre sio e a tihtlan age. Sian sio sace gesemed sio, an seofan nihtum se man am orum riht gedo, gecwime an feo oe an ae, swa hwder swa him leofre sio. [6.3] Gif he onne t nylle, gelde onne C buton ae, sian ane neaht ofer t gesem hie. [7] Gif man mannan an ores flette manswara hate oe hine mid bismrwordum scandlice grete, scilling agelde am e t flet age, 7 VI scill. am e he t word togecwde, 7 cyninge XII scll forgelde.

[8] Gif man orum steop asette r mn drincen buton scylde, an eald riht scll agelde am e t flet age, 7 VI scll am e man one steap aset, 7 cynge XII scll. [9] Gif man wpn abregde r mn drincen 7 r man nan yfel ne de, scilling a[m] e t flet age, 7 cyninge XII scll. [9.1] Gif t flet geblodgad wyre, forgylde em mn his mundbyrd 7 cyninge L scill. [10] Gif man cuman feorm III niht an his agenum hame, cepeman oe oerne e sio ofer mearce cumin, 7 hine onne his mete fede, 7 he onne nigum mn yfel gedo, se man ane oerne t rihte gebrenge oe riht forewyrce. [11] Gif cantwara nig in lundenwic feoh gebycge, hbbe him onne twegen oe reo unfacne ceorlas to gewitnesse oe cyninges wicgerefan. [11.1] Gif hit man eft t am mn in cnt tf, onne tme he to wic to cyngs sele to am mn e him sealde, gif he ane wite 7 t am teame gebrengen mge. [11.2] Gif he t ne mge, gekye anne in wiofode mid his gewitena anum oe mid cyninges wicgerefan t he t feoh undeornunga his cuan ceape in wic gebohte, 7 him man anne his weor agefe. [11.3] Gif he anne t ne mge gecyan mid rihtre canne, lte anne n, 7 se agend tof.

COMMENTARY:
[Prologue] asetton: N is stretched to fill end of line. cyningas: as written above insertion mark. geworhton: N is stretched to fill end of line. [1.1] wdum: on erasure. See footnote to translation on wdum. [3] Gif frigman mannan...: This line extends into left margin. [3.1] Gif: g is lower-case; there is no point after preceding tohyre. ge: The line break occurs after gono, but this is almost surely to be divided gonoh age; Whitelock, EHD, 394 points out that the copyist may have been influenced by the verb onhagian which can mean 'to afford'. [4] bearne: This extends into right margin. geselle: Manuscript reads gefelle. I follow Liebermann in emending this to geselle. Compare to 6. [5] Gif man...: This line extends into left margin. one: Changed from ane by scribe. [6] mannan: mannan is written above insertion mark, and extends over mote. byrigean: ea on erasure. awyrce: y on erasure.

[6.1] seo: I follow Liebermann in emending this to seo. [6.3] nylle: Changed from i to y by scribe. geseme hie: This passage is grammatically corrupt as it stands: see fn to translation. [9] am: Manuscript reads an. [11] Gif cantwara...: This line extends into left margin. [11.3] agend: n added above insertion mark; no space.