Her on ðissum geare com se fore sprecenda here ofer Eastron to [East] Englum. ⁊ wendon up æt Gipeswic.⁊ eodon an reces þær hi geaxodon Ulfcytel mid his fyrde.Ðis wæs on þam dæg prima ascensio Dñi.⁊ þa sona flugon EastEngla. þa stod Grantabrycgscir fæstlice ongean. þær wæs ofslægen Æðelstan þes cynges aðum. ⁊ Oswi ⁊ his sunu. ⁊ Wulfric Leofwines sunu. ⁊ Eadwig Æfices broðor. ⁊ feala oðra godra þegna.⁊ folces unge rim. þone fleam ærest astealde Þurcytel Myranheafod.⁊ þa Dæniscan ahton wælstowe geweald. ⁊ þær wurdon gehorsode. ⁊ syððon ahton EastEngle géweald.⁊ þone eard ·iii· monþas hergodon ⁊ bærndon. gefurðon on þa wildan fennas hi ferdon.⁊ menn ⁊ yrfe hi slogon. ⁊ bærndon geond þa feonnas. ⁊ þeodford forbærndon. ⁊ Grantabrycge.⁊ syððon wendon eft suðweard in to Temese.⁊ ridon þa gehorsedan menn ongean þa scipo.⁊ syððon hrædlice wendon westweard on Oxnafordscire. ⁊ þanon to Bucinghamscire.⁊ swa andlang Usan. oð hi comon to Bedanforda ⁊ swa forð oð Temesanford.⁊ a bærndon swa hi geferdon. wendon þa eft to scipon mid heora herehuðe.⁊ þone hi to scipon streddon. þonne sceolde fyrd út eft ongean ꝥ hi úp woldon. þonne ferde seo fyrd ham.⁊ þonne hi wæron be easton. þonne heold man fyrde be westan.⁊ þonne hi wæron be suðan. þonne wæs ure fyrd be norðan.Ðonne bead man ealle witan to cynge.⁊ man þonne rædan scolde hu man þisne eard werian sceolde.Ac þeah man hwæt þonne rædde. ꝥ ne stod furðon ænne monað. æt nyxtan næs nan heafod man ꝥ fyrde gaderian wolde. ac ælc fleah swa he mæst myhte.Ne furðon nan scir nolde oðre gelæstan æt nyxtan.
Þa æt foran sc̄s Andreas mæssan. ða com se here to Hamtune. ⁊ þone port sona forbærndon.⁊ þær namon abuton swa mycel swa hi woldon sylfe.⁊ þanon wendon ofer Temese in to West Seaxum. ⁊ swa wið Caningan mærsces. ⁊ ꝥ eall forbærndon.Þa hi swa feor ge gan hæfdon swa hi þa woldon. þa comon hi to ðam middan wintra to scipon.
Year 1011
Not in Parker (A).
Laud (E)
Her on þissum geare sende se cyng ⁊ his witan to ðam here. ⁊ geordndon friðes.⁊ him gafol ⁊ metsunga behetan. wið þam þe hi heora hergunga ge swicon.
Ealle þas unge sælða us ge lumpon þurh unrædes. ꝥ mann nolde him to timan gafol bedan. ac þonne hi mæst to yfele ge don hæfdon. þonne nam man grið. ⁊ frið wið hi.⁊ naðe læs for eallum þisum griðe ⁊ friðe ⁊ gafole. hi ferdon æghwider folc mælum. ⁊ hergodon.⁊ ure earme folcræpton ⁊ slogon.⁊ On þissum geare betwix Natiuit' sc̄e Marie ⁊ sc̄e Michaeles mæssan hi ymbe sætan Cantwara burh.⁊ hi þær in to comon þurh syre wrenceas. forþon Ælmær hi be cyrde Cantwara burh. þe se arc̄b Ælfeah ær ge nerede his life.⁊ hi þær þa ge naman þone arc̄b Ælfeah. ⁊ Ælfword þæs cynges gerefan. ⁊ Leofwine abb. ⁊ Godwine b.⁊ Ælmær abb hi lætan aweg.⁊ hi þær ge naman inne ealle þa ge hadode menn. ⁊ weras.⁊ wif. ꝥ wæs un asecgendlic ænigum menn hu mycel þæs folces wæs.⁊ on þære byrig siððon wæron swa lange swa hi woldon.⁊ þa hi hæfdon þa burh ealle asmeade. wendon him þa to scipon.⁊ læddon þone arcb mid him;
Wæs ðaræpling. se þe ær wæs Angel cynnes heafod.⁊ Xpēndomes. þær man mihte þa ge seon earmðe þær man ær ge seah blisse on þære ærman byrig. þanon us com ærest Xpēndom. ⁊ blisse for Gode. ⁊ for worulde.
⁊ hi heafdon þone arcb mid him swa lange oð þone timan þe hi hine ge martyredon.
Year 1012
Not in Parker (A).
Laud (E)
Her on þissum geare com Eadric ealdorman.⁊ ealle þa yldestan witan ge hadode ⁊ leawede Angel cynnes to Lunden byrig to foran þam Eastron. wæs Æster dæg þa on ðam datarum idus apr.⁊ hi þæra ða swa lange wæron oð ꝥ gafol wæs eall ge læst ofer Eastran. ꝥ wæs ·viii· þusend punda. þa on þone Sæternes dæg wearð swiðe ge stired se here on gean þone biscop. forþan þe he nolde heom nan feoh be haten.⁊ forbead ꝥ man nan þing wið him syllan ne moste. wæron hi eac swyðe druncene. forþam þær wæs ge broht win suðan. ge namon þa þone b̄'. leaddon hine to heora hustinga on þone Sunnan efen octabas Paschæ.⁊ hine þa þær oftorfodon mid banum. ⁊ mid hryðera heafdum.⁊ sloh hine þa an heora mid anre æxe yre on þet heafod. þet he mid þam dynte niðer asah.⁊ his halige blod on ða eorðan feoll.⁊ his þa haligan sawle to Godes rice asende.⁊ þa biscopas Eadnoð ⁊ Ælfhun.⁊ seo burhwaru under fengon þone haligan lichaman on mergen ⁊ feredon hine to Lundene mid ealre arwurðnisse.⁊ hine be byrigdon on scs Paulus mynstre.⁊ þær nu God swutelað þæs halgan martires mihta.Ða þet gafol ge lest wæs.⁊ þa frið aðas ge sworene. þa to ferde se here wide swa he ær ge gaderod wæs.Ða bugon to þam cyninge of þam here ·xlv· scipa.⁊ him be heton þet hi woldon þisne eard healdan.⁊ he hi fedan scolde ⁊ scrydan.
Year 1013
Not in Parker (A).
Laud (E)
On þam æftran geare þe se arceƀ wæs ge martyrod. se cyng ge sætte Lifing ƀ to Cantwara byrig to ðam arce stole.⁊ on þam ilcan geare to foran þam monðe Augustus com Swegen cyning mid his flotan to Sandwic.⁊ wende swyðe raðe abutan East Englum. in to Humbran muðan.⁊ swa úpp weard andlang Trentan þet he com to Gegnes burh.⁊ þa sona abeah Uhtred eorl. ⁊ eall Norðhymbra to him.⁊ eall ꝥ folc on Lindesige.⁊ syððan þet folc of Fif burhingan.⁊ raðe þæs eall here be norðan Wætlinga stræte.⁊ him man sealde gislas of ælcere scire.Syððan he undergeat þet eall folc him to ge bogen wæs. þa bead he ꝥ man sceolde his here metian ⁊ horsian.⁊ he þa ge wende syððan suðweard mid fulre fyrde.⁊ betæhte his scipa ⁊ þa gislas Cnute his sunu.⁊ syððan he com ofer Wæclinga stræte, hi wrohton ꝥ mæste yfel þe ænig here don mihte. wende þa to Oxna forda.⁊ seo burhwaru sona abeah ⁊ gislode. ⁊ þanon to Winceastre.⁊ ꝥ ilce dydon. wendon þa þanon eastward to Lundene.⁊ mycel his folces adranc on Temese. forðam hi na'n're brycge ne cepton.Ða he to þære byrig com. þa nold'e' seo burhwaru abugan ac heoldan mid fullan wige ongean. forðan þær wæs inne se cyning Æþelred.⁊ þurkil mid him. þa wende Swegen cyning þanon to Wealinga forda.⁊ swa ofer Temese westweard to Baðon.⁊ sæt þær mid his fyrde.⁊ com Æþelmer ealdor man þider.⁊ þa weasternan þægnas mid him. ⁊ bugon ealle to Swegene. ⁊ gislodon.Þa he eall þus ge faren heafde. wende þa norðweard to his scipon.⁊ eall þeodscipe hine heafde for fullne cyning.⁊ seo burhwaru æfter þam on Lundene beah ⁊ gislode. forþam hi ondreddon ꝥ he hi fordon wolde. bead þa Swegen full gild ⁊ me't'sunga to his here þone winter.⁊ þurcyl bead ꝥ ilce to þam here þe læg on Grena wic.⁊ buton þam hi hergodan swa oft swa hi woldon.
Ða ne duhte naðor þisse þeoda ne suðan. ne norðan. þa wæs se cyng sume hwile mid þam flotan þe on Temese wæron.⁊ seo hlafdige wende þa ofer seo to hire broðor Ricarde.⁊ Ælsige abbot of Burh mid hire.⁊ se cyng sende Ælfun ƀ mid þam æþelinge Eadwarde.⁊ Ælfrede ofer sé. ꝥ he hi be witan sceolde.⁊ se cyng ge | wende þa fram þam flotan to ðam middan wintra to Wiht lande. ⁊ wæs þær þa tid.⁊ æfter þære tide ge wende þa ofer sæ to Ricarde.⁊ wæs þær mid him oð ðone byre þe Swegen dead wearð.
⁊ Ða hwile þe seo læfdige mid hire broþer wæs begondon sæ.Ælfsige abb of Burh þe þær wæs mid hire for to þone mynstre þe is gehaten Boneual þær sce Florentines lichama læg. fand þær ærm stede. ærm abbot ⁊ ærme muneces, forþan þe hi forhergode wæron. bohte þa þær æt þone abb ⁊ æt þe muneces sce Florentines lichaman eall buton þe heafod to ·v· hundred punda.⁊ þa þe he ongean com þa offrede hit Crist ⁊ sce Peter.
Year 1014
Not in Parker (A).
Laud (E)
Her on þissum geare Swegen ge endode his dagas to candel mæssan ·iii· No Febr.⁊ se flota eall ge curon Cnut to cyninge.Ða ge ræddan þa witan ealle ge hadode ge læwede ꝥ man æfter þam cyninge Æðelrede sende.⁊ cwædon ꝥ him nan leofre hlaford nære þonne heora ge cynde hlaford. gif he hi rihtlicor healdan wolde þonne he ær dyde.Ða sende se cyng his sunu Eadward mid his ærendracan hider.⁊ het gretan ealne his leodscipe.⁊ cwæð þæt he heom hold hlaford beon wolde.⁊ ælc þæra þinga betan þe hi ealle ascunedon.⁊ ælc þæra þinga forgifan beon sceolde þe hi [m] ge don oððe ge cweðen wære. wið þam þe hi ealle anrædlice buton swicdome to him ge cyrdon.⁊ man þa fullne freondscipe ge fæstnode mid worde ⁊ mid wædde on ægðere healfe.⁊ æfre ælcne Denisc [n] e cyning utlagede of Engla lande ge cwædon.Ða com Æðelred cyning innan þam lenctene ham to his agenre ðeode.⁊ he glædlice fram heom eallum onfangen wæs.⁊ þa syððon Swegen dead wæs. sætt Cnut mid his here on Gegnesburh oð ða Eastron.⁊ ge wearð him ⁊ þam folce on Lindesige anes. ꝥ hi hine horsian sceoldan.⁊ syððan ealle æt gædere faran ⁊ hergian.Ða com se cyning Æðelred mid fulre fyrde þider ær hi gearwe wæron to Lindesige. ⁊ mann þa hergode.⁊ bærnde ⁊ sloh eall þet man cynn ꝥ man aræcan mihte.Se Cnut ge wende him út mid his flotan.⁊ wearð þet earme folc þus be swican þurh hine.⁊ wænde þa suðweard oð ꝥ he com to Sandwíc.⁊ let þær úp þa gislas þe his fæder ge sealde wæron.⁊ cearf of heora handa ⁊ heora nosa.⁊ buton eallum þisum yfelum se cyning het gyldan þam here þe on Grenewic læg ·xxi· þusend punda.⁊ on þissum geare on sce Michæles mæsse æfan. com þet mycele sæ flod geond wide þisne eard.⁊ ærn swa feor úp swa næfre ær 'ne' dyde. ⁊ adrencte feala tuna.⁊ mann cynnes un arimædlice ge teall.
Year 1015
Not in Parker (A).
Laud (E)
On þissum geare wæs ꝥ mycele ge mot on Oxonaforda.⁊ þær Eadric ealdorman beswac Sigeferð ⁊ Morcær þa yldestan þægenas in to Seofon burgum. be pæhte hi in to his bure.⁊ hi man þær inne of sloh un ge risenlice.⁊ se cyng þa genam eall heora æhta.⁊ het nimon Sigeferðes lafe ⁊ gebringon binnon Mealdelmes byrig. þa æfter litlum fece ferde Eadmund æðeling to.⁊ ge nam ꝥ wif ofer þes cynges willan. ⁊ heafde him to wife.Ða to foran natiuitas sce Mariæ ferde se æðeling wæston norð in to Fif burgum.⁊ ge rad sona ealle Sigeferðes are ⁊ Morcares.⁊ ꝥ folc eall him to beah.⁊ þa on ðam ylcan timan com Cnut cyng to Sandwíc.⁊ wende sona abutan Cent land in to West Seaxen oð he com to Fromuðan.⁊ hergode þa on Dorsætum ⁊ on Wiltun scire.⁊ on Sumær sæton. þa læg se cyng seóc æt Cosham.Ða gaderode Eadric ealdorman fyrde ⁊ se æðeling Eadmund be norðan.Ða hi to gædere comon. þa wolde se ealdorman beswicon þone æþeling.⁊ hi to hwurfon þa buton ge feohte forþam. ⁊ rimdon heora feondum.⁊ Eadric ealdormann aspeon þa ·xl· scipa fram þam cyning. ⁊ beah þa to Cnute.⁊ West Seaxe bugon ⁊ gislodon. ⁊ horsodon þone here.⁊ he wæs þær þa oð midne winter.