P St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, lat. Q. v. I. 18 (“The St. Petersburg Bede”; “The Leningrad Bede”)

A semi-diplomatic transcription of the final scribal state

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    Nu[1] scılun herga      hefenrıcæs[2] uard

    metudæs mehtı      and hıs modgıthanc

    uerc uuldurfadur[3]      sue he uundra| gıhuæs[4]

    ecı[5] dryctın      or astelıdæ

5     he ærıst scop      aeldu barnum

    hefen to hrofæ      halıg sceppend|

    tha mıddıngard      moncynnæs[6] uard

    ecı dryctın      æfter tıadæ

    fırum foldu      frea allmehtıg·|


Notes

[1]Nu... modgıthanc] Much of the first manuscript line has been damaged due to staining. Especially affected are <nd>, <h>, <mod>, and <urfa> of and hıs mod gıthanc uerc uuldur fadur. Damage is less obvious in the facsimile in Robinson and Stanley 1991.

[2]hefenrıcæs] Staining (water?) behind ascender of <h>.

[3]uuldurfadur] <ur> is obscured by dark stain in Robinson and Stanley 1991, but visible in manuscript.

[4]gıhuæs] <g> elongated and narrow.

[5]ecı] <ci> is obscured by dark stain in Robinson and Stanley 1991, but visible in manuscript.

[6]moncynnæs] Only the tops of the first <n> and <y> were visible in manuscript in 1998. Reading based on facsimile in Robinson and Stanley 1991.