1. hwær (hw with another ink, and crossed out in pencil) B, ...ær A; now only the lower part of r to left of hole; usual emendation of B is þær, too short to fit MS space (cf. digital conjectural restoration, supporting B); he AB; top of h only covered to right of hole. (M60.1: only tip of h gone.) || gewindan AB; windan is more or less covered, and an cannot be quite made out under the paper, because of shine-through from -eng. || 7 (and B) AB; after gewindan the abbreviation for ond, the top of which seems to be gone, is covered.

2. on AB; o gone, the first stroke of n covered. (M60.1: only second minim of n left.)

3. his B, omitted A; now h gone, and i covered.

4. þæt B (t corrected from s), ræt A; the shine-through from fe on the recto very dark, but between them a faint t still visible. (M60.1: t gone.)

4-5. hearmsca/þa, -þa AB; now all but bottom of descender of þ and left side of a gone, and all but bottom-right of a covered.

6. dynede AB (d later B); now dy gone (except for dot over y), and n indistinct.

7. endum AB; e quite faded, but still intact under the paper. (M60.1: e gone.)

8. scerwen AB; now the middle of s gone in consequence of a tear, and what is left of it as well as part of c covered (the letter after r is, without any doubt, w, not p: cf. p, e.g. in hopu and grapum, ll. 2 and 3).

9. first stroke of w in weardas covered.

14. d in þod altered from some other letter in the same hand.

16. the ascender of þ in þær covered.

18. [b]etlic usual emendation of MS hetlic.