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Year 994
Parker (A)

Her forðferde Sigeric arcebisceop. ⁊ feng Ælfric Wiltunscire bisceop to ðam arcebisceop rice.

Laud (E)

Her on þisum geare com Anlaf ⁊ Swegen to Lunden byrig on Nativitas sce Marie mid ·iiii· ⁊ hundnigontigum scipum. ⁊ hi ða on ða burh festlice feohtende wæron. ⁊ eac hi mid fyre ontendan woldon. ac hi þar ge feordon maran hearm ⁊ yfel þonne hi æfre wendon. ꝥ heom ænig burhwaru ge don sceolde. Ac se halige Godes modor on ðam hire mildheortnisse þære burhware ge cyðde. ⁊ hi ahredde wið heora feondum. ⁊ hi þanon ferdon. ⁊ wrohton ꝥ mæste yfel þe æfre ænig here don mihte on bærnette ⁊ hergunge ⁊ on manslihtum ægðer be ðam sæ riman on EastSeaxum, ⁊ on Cent lande. ⁊ on SuðSeaxum. ⁊ on Hamtun scire. ⁊ æt nyxtan naman heom hors. ⁊ ridon swa wide swa hi woldon. ⁊ un asecgendlice yfel wircende wæron. Þa ge rædde se cyng ⁊ his witan ꝥ him man to sende. ⁊ him gafol be hete ⁊ metsunge wið þon þe hi þære hergunge ge swicon. ⁊ hi þa þet under fengon. ⁊ com þa eall se here to Hamtune. ⁊ þær winter setle namon. ⁊ hi man þær fædde geond eall West Seaxna rice. ⁊ him man geald ·xvi· þusend punda. Þa sende se cyn [g] æfter Anlafe cyninge. Ælfeach ƀ ⁊ Æðelward ealdorman. ⁊ man gislade þa hwile in to þam scipum. ⁊ hi þa læddan Anlaf mid mycclum wurðscipe to þam cynge to Andeferan. ⁊ se cyng Æðelred his anfeng æt ƀes handa. ⁊ him cynelice gifode. ⁊ him þa Anlaf behet swa he hit eac gelæste. ꝥ he næfre eft to Angel cynne mid unfriðe cumon nolde. Hic Ricardus uetus obiit. et Ricardus filius eius suscepit regnum. et regnauit ·xxxi· añ.

Year 995

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her on þissum geare æteowde cometa se steorra. ⁊ Siric arcƀ forðferde.

Year 996

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her on þissum geare wæs Ælfric ge halgod to arceƀ to Xp̄es cyrcean.

Year 997

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her on þissum geare ferde se here abutan Defnan scire in to Sæfern muðon. ⁊ þær ge hergodon ægðer on Cornwealum ge on Norðwalum. ⁊ on Defenan. ⁊ eodon him þa up æt Wecedport. ⁊ þær mycel yfel wrohtan on bærnette. ⁊ on manslihtum. ⁊ æfter þam wendon eft abutan Penwihtsteort on ða suðhealfe. and wendon þa in to Tamermuðan. ⁊ eodo'n' þa úp oð ꝥ hi comon to Hlidaforda. ⁊ ælc þing bærndon ⁊ slogon ꝥ hi ge metton. ⁊ Ordulfes mynster æt Tefingstoce forbærndon. ⁊ un asecgendlice here huðe mid him to scipa brohtan.

Year 998

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her gewende se here eft eastweard into Frommuðan. ⁊ þær æghwær úp eodon swa wide swa hi woldon into Dorsætan. ⁊ man oft fyrde ongean hi gegaderode. ac sona swa hi to gædere gan sceoldan. þonne wearð þær æfre þurh sum þing fleam ástiht. ⁊ æfre hi æt ende sige ahton. ⁊ þonne oðre hwile lagen heom on Wihtlande. ⁊ eoton heom þa hwile of Hamtunscire. ⁊ of Suðseaxum.

Year 999

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her com se here eft abuton in to Temese. ⁊ wendon þa up andlang Medewægan to Hrofeceastre. ⁊ com þa seo Centisce fyrde þær ongean. ⁊ hi þær fæste to gedere fengon. ác wala ꝥ hi to hraðe bugon. ⁊ flugon. for þam þe hi næfdon fultum þe hi habban sceoldan. þa ahton þa Dæniscan wælstowe geweald ⁊ naman þa hors. ⁊ ridan swa wide swa hi woldon sylf. ⁊ fornæh ealle Weast Centingas fordydon. ⁊ forhergodan. Ða rædde se cyng wið his witan ꝥ man sceolde mid scipfyrde. ⁊ eac mid landfyrde him ongean faran. ac ða þascipu gearwe wæron. þa elkede man fram dæge to dæge. ⁊ swencte ꝥ earme folc þe on ðam scipon lagon. ⁊ á swa hit forðwearde beon scolde. swa hit lætre wæs fram anre tyde to oðre. ⁊ a hi leton heora feonda wærod wexan. ⁊ á man rymde fram þære sæ. ⁊ hi ferdon æfre forð æfter. ⁊ þonne æt þam ende ne beheold hit nan þing seo scipfyrding. buton folces geswinc. ⁊ feos spilling. ⁊ heora feonda forðbylding.

Year 1000

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her on ðissum geare se cyng ferde in to Cumerlande. ⁊ hit swiðe neah eall forhergode. ⁊ his scipu wendon ut abuton Legceastre. and sceoldan cumon ongean hine. ac hi ne mihton. þa gehergodon hi Mænige. ⁊ seo unfriðflota wæs þæs sumeres gewend to Ricardesrice.

Year 1001
Parker (A)

Her on þysum geare wæs micel unfriÐ on Angel cynnes londe þurh scip here, ⁊ wel gehwær hergedon ⁊ bær [n] don, swa ꝥ hy upp asetton on ænne siþ ꝥ hy coman to Æþelinga dene. ⁊ þa com þær to geanes Hamtun scir, ⁊ him wiÐ gefuhton. ⁊ Ðær wearÐ Æþelweard cinges heah gerefa ofslegen. ⁊ Leofric æt Hwitciricean, ⁊ Leofwine cinges heah gerefa, ⁊ Wulfhere bisceopes Ðegn, ⁊ Godwine æt WorÐige, Ælfsiges bisceopes sunu. ⁊ ealra manna an ⁊ hund eahtatig. ⁊ þær wearÐ þara Denescra micle ma ofslegenra. þeah Ðe hie wælstowe geweald ahtan.

⁊ foran Ða þanon west oþ ꝥ hy coman tó Defenan, ⁊ him þær to geanes com Pallig mid þan scipan Ðe he gegaderian mihte, forþam þe he asceacen wæs fram Æðelrede cyncge ofer ealle Ða ge trywÐa Ðe he him geseald hæfde, ⁊ eac se cyng him wel gegifod hæfde ón hamon, ⁊ on golde ⁊ seolfre. ⁊ for bærndon Tegntun, ⁊ eac fela oÐra godra hama þe we genemnan ne cunnan, ⁊ heom man syÐÐan þær friÐ wiÐ nam. ⁊ hy foran þa þanon tó Exan muÐan, swa ꝥ hy asettan him upp ón ænne siÐ oÐ hy coman tó Peon hó, ⁊ þær wæs Kola Ðæs cyninges heah gerefa. ⁊ Eadsige þæs cynincges gerefa to geanes him mid Ðære fyrde Ðe hy gegaderian mihtan, ⁊ hy þær á flymede wurdon, ⁊ Ðær wearÐ fela ofslegenra, ⁊ Ða Denescean ahtan wæl stowe geweald; ⁊ Ðæs ón mergen forbærndon þone ham æt Peon hó, ⁊ æt Glistune, ⁊ eac fela godra háma þe we genemnan na cunnan, ⁊ foran Ða eft east ongean oÐ hy coman tó Wiht; ⁊ þæs ón mergen forbærndon Ðone ham æt Wealtham. ⁊ oÐra cotlifa fela. [⁊ heom man raþe þæs wiÐþingode. ⁊ hy namon friÐ.]

Laud (E)

Her com se here to Exanmuðan. ⁊ up ða eodan to ðere byrig. ⁊ þær fæstlice feohtende wæron. ac him man swyðe fæstlice wið stod. ⁊ heardlice. Ða gewendon hi geond ꝥ land. ⁊ dydon eall swa hi bewuna wæron. slogon ⁊ beorndon. þa gesomnode man þær ormæte fyrde of Defenisces folces. ⁊ Sumorsætisces. ⁊ hi ða tosomne comon æt Peonnho. ⁊ sona swa hi togædere fengon. þa beah seo Englisce fyrd. ⁊ hi þær mycel wæl ofslogon. ⁊ ridan þa ofer ꝥ land. ⁊ wæs æfre heora æftra syð wyrse þonne se ærra. ⁊ mid him þa mycele herehuðe to scipon brohton. ⁊ þanon wendon in Wihtland. ⁊ þær him ferdon on buton swa swa hi sylf woldon. ⁊ him nan þing ne wið stod. ne him to ne dorste scip here on sæ. ne landfyrd. ne codon hi swa feor up. Wæs hit þa on ælce wisan hefig tyma. forðam þe hi næfre heora yfeles geswicon.

Year 1002

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her on þissum geare se cyng gerædde ⁊ his witan. ꝥ man sceolde gafol gyldon þam flotan. ⁊ frið wið hi geniman wið þon þe hi heora yfeles geswican sceoldan. Ða sende se cyng to þam flotan Leofsig ealdorman. ⁊ he þa þæs cynges worde ⁊ his witena grið wið hi gesætte. ⁊ þet hi to metsunge fengon ⁊ to gafle. ⁊ hi þa ꝥ underfengon. ⁊ him man þa geald ·xxiiii· þusend punda. Ða on gemang þysum ofsloh

Leofsig ealdorman Æfic þæs cynges heah ge refan. ⁊ se cyng hine ða ge utode of earde. And þa on þam ilcan lengtene com seo hlæfdige Ricardes dohtor hider to lande. On ðam ilcan sumera Ealdulf arcb forðferde. ⁊ on ðam geare se cyng het ofslean ealle ða Deniscan men þe on Angel cynne wæron on Bricius messe dæg. forþon þam cynge wæs ge cydd ꝥ hi woldon hine besyrewian æt his life. ⁊ syððan ealle his witan. ⁊ habban syþðan his rice.

Year 1003

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her wæs Eaxeceaster abrocen þurh þone Frenciscan ceorl Hugon þe seo hlefdige heafde hire gesett to gerefan. ⁊ se here þa burh mid ealle fordyde. ⁊ mycele here huðe þær genamen. Ða gegaderode man swiðe mycele fyrde of Wiltunscire ⁊ of Hamtunscire. ⁊ swiðe anrædlice wið þæs heres weard wæron. Ða sceolde se ealdorman Ælfric lædan þa fyrde. ac he teah forð þa his ealdan wrenceas. Sona swa hi wæron swa ge hende þet ægðer heora on oðer hawede. þa ge bræd he hine seocne. ⁊ ongan hine brecan to spiwenne. ⁊ cweð þet he ge siclod wære. ⁊ swa ꝥ folc beswac ꝥ he lædan sceolde swa hit gecweðen is. Ðonne se heretoga wacað þonne bið eall se here swiðe gehindred. Ða Swegen geseah ꝥ hi anræde næron. ⁊ ealle to hwurfon. þa lædde he his here into Wiltune. ⁊ hi ða burh gehergodon ⁊ forbærndon. ⁊ eodon þa to Searbyrig. ⁊ þanon eft to sæ. ferde þær he wiste his yð hengestas.

Year 1004

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her com Swegen mid his flotan to Norðwic. ⁊ þa burh ealle gehergade. ⁊ forbærndon. Þa gerædde Ulfkytel wið þa witan on EastEnglum. ꝥ him bætere weron ꝥ man wið þone here friðes ceapode. ær hi to mycelne hearm on þam earde gedydon. forþam þe hi unwares comon. ⁊ he fyrst næfde ꝥ he his fyrde gegadrian mihte. Ða under þam griðe þe heom betweonan beon sceolde. þa besteal se here up fram scipon. ⁊ wendan heora fore to Þeodforda. Ða Ulfcytel ꝥ under geat. þa seonde he ꝥ man sceolde þa scipu to heawan. ac hi abruðon þa ðe he to bohte. ⁊ he þa gegaderode his fyrde diglice swa he swyðost muhte. ⁊ se here com þa to Þeodforda binnon ·iii· wuca þæs þe hi ær gehergodon Norðwic. ⁊ þær binnon ane niht wæron. ⁊ þa burh hergodon ⁊ forbærndon. þa on morgen þa hi to scipu [m] woldon. þa com Ulfcytel mid his werode. ⁊ hi þær togædere feastlice fengon. ⁊ mycel wæl þær on ægðære hand gefeoll. Ðær wærð East Engla folces seo yld ofslagen. ac gif þet fulle mægen þære wære. ne eodan hi næfre eft to scipon. swa hi sylfe sædon.

Year 1005
Parker (A)

Her Ælfricus arceb forðferde.

Laud (E)

Her on þyssum geare wæs se mycla hungor geond Angel cynn swilce nan man ær ne gemunde swa grimne. ⁊ se flota þæs geares gewende of þissum earde to Dænemearcon. and litelne fyrst let. þet he eft ne com.

Year 1006
Parker (A)

Her mann halgode Ælfehg to arce biscope.

Laud (E)

Her forðferde Ælfric arceƀ. ⁊ Ælfeah biscop feng æfter him to ðam ærce stole. ⁊ Brihtwold ƀ feng to þam rice on Wiltun scire. ⁊ Wulfgeate wæs eall his are ofgenumen. ⁊ Wulfeah ⁊ Ufegeat wæron ablende. ⁊ Ælfelm ealdor man wearð ofslagen. ⁊ Kenulf biscop forðferde. ⁊ þa ofer þone midne sumor com þa se Denisca flota to Sandwic. ⁊ dydon eall swa hi ær gewuna wæron, hergodon ⁊ bærndon. ⁊ slogon swa swa hi ferdon. þa het se cyng abannan ut ealne ðeodscipe of Westseaxum. ⁊ of Myrcean. ⁊ hi lagon ute þa ealne þone herfest on fyrdinge ongean þone here. ac hit naht ne beheold þe ma þe hit oftor ær dyde. Ac for eallum þissum se here ferde swa he sylf wolde. ⁊ se fyrdinge dyde þære land leode ælcne hearm. þet him naðor ne dohte ne innhere ne uthere.

Ða hit winter leohte. þa ferde se fyrd ham. ⁊ se here com þa ofer Martinus messan to his fryð stole tò Wihtlande. ⁊ tilode him þær æghwer þæs ðe hi behofdan. ⁊ þa to ðam middan wintran eodon heom to heora garwan feorme ut þurh

Hamtun scire in to Barruc scire to Rædingan. and hi dydon heora gewuna, atendon heora beacna swa swa hi ferdon. ⁊ ferdon þa to Wealinga forda. ⁊ þet eall forsweldon. ⁊ wænd'on him þa andlang Æscesdune to Cwicelmes hlæwe. ⁊ þær onbidedon beotra gylpa. forþon oft man cwæð. gif hi Cwicchelmes hlæwe gesohton. þet hi næfre to sæ gán ne sceoldan. wendon þa oðres wæges hamweard. Þa wæs þær fyrd gesomnod æt Cynetan. ⁊ hi þær to gædere fengon. ⁊ sona þet wærod on fleame gebrohtan, ⁊ syððan hyra here huðe to sæ færedon. þær mihton geseon Winceastre leodan rancne here. ⁊ uncearhne. ꝥ hi be hyra gate to sæ eodon. ⁊ mæte ⁊ madmas ofer ·l· mila him fram sæ fættan.

Þa wæs se cyng gewend ofer Temese into Scrobbesbyrig scire. ⁊ nam þær his feorme in þære midde wintres tide. þa wearð hit swa mycel æge fram þam here. þet man ne mihte ge þeoncean ne asmægian hu man of earde hi gebringon sceolde. oððe þisne eard wið hi gehealdan. forþan þe hi hæfdon ælce scire on West Sexum stiðe gemarcod mid bryne. ⁊ mid hergunge. Agan se cyng georne to smeagenne wið his witan hwet heom eallum rædlicost þuhte. ꝥ man þisum earde geboorgan mihte ær he mid ealle fordon wurðe. Ða gerædde seo cyng ⁊ his witan eallum þeodscipe to þearfe. þeah hit him eallum lað wære. ꝥ man nyde moste þam [here] gafol gyldan. Ða sende se cyng to þam here. ⁊ him cyþan het ꝥ he wolde ꝥ heom grið betweonan beon sceolde. ⁊ him man gafol and metsunge syllan sceolde. ⁊ hi ða ealle ꝥ underfengon. ⁊ him man metsod [e] geond Angel cyn.

Year 1007
Laud (E)

Her on ðissum geare wæs þet gafol ge læst þam unfriðe here. ꝥ wæs ·xxx· þusend punda. ⁊ On ðissum geare eac wæs Ædric ge sett to ealdorman on Myrcena rice.

Year 1008

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her be bead se cyng ꝥ man sceolde ofer eall Angel cynn scipu feastlice wircean. ꝥ is þonne [of] þrym hund hidum. ⁊ of ·x· hidon ænne scegð. ⁊ of ·viii· hidum helm ⁊ byrnan.

Year 1009

Not in Parker (A).

Laud (E)

Her on þissum geare gewurdon þa scipu gearwe þe we ær ymbe spræcon. ⁊ heora wæs swa feala swa næfre ær þes ðe us bec secgað on Angel cynne ne gewurdon on nanes cynges dæg. ⁊ hi man þa ealle to gædere ferode to Sandwic. ⁊ þær sceoldan licgan. ⁊ þisne eard healdan wið ælcne ut here. ac we gyt næfdon þa geselða. ne þone wurðscipe ꝥ seo scipfyrd nytt wære ðisum earde. þe ma þe heo oftor ær wæs. Ða geweard hit on þisum ilcan timan oððe litle ær þet Brihtric Eadrices broðor ealdormannes forwregde Wulfnoð cild þone Suðseaxscian to þam cyning. ⁊ he þa ut ge wende. ⁊ him þa to aspeon þet he heafde ·xx· scipa. ⁊ he þa hergode æghwer be ðam suðriman. ⁊ ælc yfel wrohton. þa cydde man in to þære scipfyrde. þet hi mann eaðe befaran mihte. gif man ymbe beon wolde. Ða genam se Brihtric him to hundeahtatig scipa. ⁊ þohte ꝥ he him myceles wordes wircean sceolde. ꝥ he Wulfnoð cuconne oððe deadne begytan sceolde. ac þa hi þyderweard wæron. þa com him swilc wind ongean swilce nan mann ær 'ne' gemunde. ⁊ þa scipo ða ealle to beot. ⁊ to þræsc. ⁊ on land wearp. ⁊ com se Wulfnoð sona. ⁊ ða scipo forbærnde. Ða þis cuð wæs to ðam oðrum scipon þær se cyng wæs hu ða oðre ge ferdon. wæs þa swilc hit eall rædleas wære. ⁊ ferde se cyng him ham. ⁊ þa ealdor menn. ⁊ þa heah witan. ⁊ forleton þa scipo þus leohtlice. ⁊ þet folc þa þe on ðam scipe wæron færcodon ða scipo eft to Lundene. ⁊ leton ealles ðeodscipes ge swincg þus leohtlice for wurðan. ⁊ næs se ege na betera þe eall Angel cynn to hopode. Þa ðeos scip fyrd ðus ge endod wæs. þa com sona æfter hlammessan se un ge metlica unfrið here to Sandwic. ⁊ sona wendon heora fore to Cantwarbyrig. ⁊ þa burh raðe ge eodon. gif hi þe raðor to him friðes to ne girndon. ⁊ ealle East Centingas wið þone here frið ge namon. ⁊ him ge sealdon ·iii· þusend punda. ⁊ se here þa sona æfter þam ge wende abuton oð þet hi comon to Wihtlande. ⁊ þær æghwer on Suðseaxum. ⁊ on Hamtun scire. ⁊ eac on Bearruc scire hergodon ⁊ bærndon swa heora ge wuna wæs. þa het se cyng abannan ut ealne þeodscipe þet mann on ælce healfe wið hi ge healden sceolde. ac þeah hweðere hi ferdon loc hu hi woldon. Þa sum siðe heafde se cyng hi fore begán mid ealre fyrde. þa hi to scipan woldon. ⁊ eall folc gearu wæs heom on to fonne. ac hit wæs ða þurh Eadric ealdorman ge let swa hit þa æfre wæs. Ða æfter sc̄s Martinus mæssan. þa ferdon hi eft ongean to Cent. ⁊ namon him winter settl on Temesan. ⁊ lifedon of East Seaxum. ⁊ of ðam scirum þe þær nyxt wæron on twam healfe Temese. ⁊ oft hi on þa burh Lundene ge fuhton. Ac si Gode lof. þet heo gyt ge sund stent. ⁊ hi þær æfre yfel ge ferdon. Ða æfter middan wintra hi namon þa ænne úpgang 'út' þurh Ciltern. ⁊ swa to Oxneforda. ⁊ þa burh forbærndon. ⁊ namon hit þa on twa healfe Temese to scipan weard. þa gewarnode man hi ꝥ þær wæs fyrd æt Lundene ongean. hi gewendon þa ofer æt Stane. ⁊ þus ferdon ealne þone winter, ⁊ ðone lencten wæron him on Cent. and bettan heora scipa.