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2Her cyþ on þysum gewrite hu Wynflæd gelædde hyre
3gewitnesse æt Wulfamere beforan æþelrede cyninge.
4þæt wæs þonne Sigeric arcebiscop & Ordbyrht biscop &
5ælfric ealderman & ælfþryþ þæs cyninges modor
6þæt hi wæron ealle to gewitnesse þæt ælfric sealde
7Wynflæde þæt land æt Hacceburnan & æt
8Bradanfelda ongean þæt land æt Deccet.
9þa sende se cyning þær rihte be þam arcebiscope & be þam
10þe þær mid him to gewitnesse wæron to
11Leofwine & cyþdon him þis þa nolde he butan hit man sceote
12to scirgemote.
13þa dyde man swa.
14þa sende se cyning be æluere abbude his insegel to þam
15gemote æt Cwicelmeshlæwe & grette ealle þa
16witan þe þær gesomnode wæron.
17þæt wæs æþelsige biscop & æscwig biscop & ælfric abbud
18& eal sio scir & bæd & het þæt hi scioldon
19Wynflæde & Leofwine swa rihtlice geseman swa him æfre
20rihtlicost þuhte.
21& Sigeric arcebiscop sende his swutelunga þærto & Ordbyrht
22biscop his.
23þa getæhte man Wynflæde þæt hio moste hit hyre geahnian.
24þa gelædde hio þa ahnunga mid ælfþryþe fultume þæs
25cyninges modor.
26þæt is þonne ærest Wulfgar abbud & Wulfstan priost & æfic
27þara æþelinga discsten & Eadwine & Eadelm
28& ælfelm & ælfwine & ælfweard & Eadwold & Eadric & ælfgar
29& Eadgyfu abbudisse & Liofrun abbudisse
30& æþelhild & Eadgyfu æt Leofecanoran & hyre swustor & hyre
31dohtor & ælfgyfu & hyre dohtor & Wulfwyn
32& æþelgyfu & ælfwaru & ælfgyfu & æþelflæd & menig god
33þegen & god wif þe we ealle atellan ne magon
34þæt þær forþcom eal se fulla ge on werum ge on wifum.
35þa cwædon þa witan þe þær wæron þæt betere wære
36þæt man þene aþ aweg lete þonne hine man sealde
37forþan þær syþþan nan freondscype nære & man wolde biddan
38þæs reaflaces þæt he hit sciolde agyfan &
39forgyldan & þam cyninge his wer.
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41þone aþ aweg & sealde æþelsige biscope
42unbesacen land on hand þæt he þanon forð syþþan
43þæron ne spræce.
44þa tæhte man hyre þæt hio sciolde bringan his fæder gold
45& siolfor eal þæt hio hæfde.
46þa dyde hio swa hio dorste hyre aþe gebiorgan.
47þa næs he þagyt on þam gehealden butan hio sceolde swerian
48þæt his æhta þær ealle wæron.
49þa cwæþ hio þæt hio ne mihte hyre dæles ne he his.
50& þyses wæs ælfgar þæs cyninges gerefa to gewitnesse &
51Byrhtric & Leofric æt Hwitecyrcan & menig
52god man toeacan him.