Plundering of Southampton

gbare wæs SeBhamten forhergod fram scipherige, and sbo burh-
waru must ofslegen and gehæft. And Df ilcan gbare wæs Tenetland
gehergod; and Df ilcan gbare wæs Lbgeceastersccr gehergod fram
norBscipherige.
981. Hbr on Dis gbare wæs Sancte Petroces stdw forhergod, and
Df ilcan gbare wæs micel hearm geddn gehwur be Dam suriman ugDer
ge on Defenum ge on Wbalum.
982. Hbr on Dfs gbare cdmon epp on Dorsutum iii scypu
wccinga and hergodon on Portlande. Df ilcan gbare forbarn
Lundenbyrig. And on Dam ylcan gbare forBfbrdon twbgen ealdor-
menn, ÆDelmur on Hamtensccre and Wadwine on SeBseaxum.
988. Hbr wæs Wecedport geheregod, and Goda, se Defenisca
Degen, ofslagen, and mycel wæl mid him. Hbr gefdr Denstan
arcebisceop, and ÆBelgar bisceop fbng æfter him td arcestdle, and
hb lftle hwcle æfter Dum lyfode – betan i gbare and iii mdnDas.

Southampton was plundered by the pirates, and its citizens must be slain and captured. And likewise, Kent was attacked; and likewise, Lincolnshire was ravaged by northern pirates. In this year, Saint Peter's church was greatly harmed, and in the same year there was much suffering brought upon those living in the borders of the sea and in Wessex. In this year, three ships came on Dorsatum and raided Portland. In the same year they burned London. And in that same year two elder men were killed, Ædelmur at Hampton and Wadwine among the South Saxons. In 988, Weymouth was harried, and Goda, a Danish warrior, was slain along with many men. He took Archbishop Denstan as his leader, and Æbelgar bishop followed him to archbishopric; he lived only a short while after death – ruling for just one year and three months.