Ac hit gelamp þæt we ealle on hæðenum[1] folce gebrocude wæron. þa spræce wyt ymbe uncre bearn. þæt hy sumne are beþorftan sælde unc on þam brocum swa unc sælde. þa wæron we on gemote æt swinbeorgum.[2] þa gecwædon wit on west-seaxena witena gewitnesse. þæt swaðer uncer leng wære. ꝥ he ge-uðe oðres bearnum þara landa þe wyt sylfe begeaton. 7 þara land þe unc aðulf cingc forgeaf be aðelbolde lifiendum. butan þam þe he us þrim gebroðrum gecwæð. 7 þæs uncor ægðer oþrum his wedd sealde swaðer uncer leng lifede. þæt se fenge ægþer ge to lande. ge to madmum. 7 to eallum his æhtum. butan þam dæle þe uncer gehwæðer his bearnum becwæð.
Ac hit gelamp ꝥ æðered[3] cingc gefon. þa ne cydde me nan mann nan yrfe-gewrit. ne nane gewitnesse. ꝥ hic ænig oðer wære butan swa wit on gewitnesse ær gecwædon. þa gehyrde we nu manegu yrfe-geflitu. nu þa lædde ic aþulfes cinges yrfe-gewrit on ure gemot æt[4] langan-
- ↑ The whole Reign of this Prince was one continued war with the Danes, who are here meant by the hæðen folc.
- ↑ I find no place of this name at present in England
- ↑ King Ethelred died 23. Apr. A°. 872; when Alfred succeeded to the Crown.
- ↑ There are diverse places in England of the name of Langdon and Longdon; but which of them this was, it is impossible to say. If this point should be settle, and the time at which the Council was holden, we could ascertain the date of the Will, as well as the place at which it was made.
