Wie aus den teilweise übereinstimmenden Zeugennamen hervorgeht, dürften die beiden Markbegehungen zu ungefähr derselben Zeit stattgefunden haben. Die offizielle Grenzumgehung der Ersten Würzburger Markbeschreibung verläuft gegen den Uhrzeigersinn und beschränkt sich auf linksmainisches Gebiet. Der Grenzumgang der Zweiten Würzburger Markbeschreibung verläuft im Uhrzeigersinn und umfasst auch rechtsmainisches Territorium. Es wurde vorgeschlagen, die Zweite Markbeschreibung als Vorakt zur Ersten zu deuten, die dann als genaue Abgrenzung der Würzburger Mark gegenüber den westlichen Gauen Badenachgau und Waldsassengau aufzufassen wäre. Dennoch stimmt die Abmarkung des linksmainischen Gebiets in beiden Texten nicht überein. Es ist daher auch möglich, verschiedene Entstehungszeiten der zwei Dokumente anzunehmen. Eine andere Interpretation [1] geht davon aus, dass der die Grenze festlegende Gesandte bei der Grenzbeschreitung sein Gebiet zur rechten Hand hat. Dann würde die Erste Markbeschreibung die Abgrenzung des Waldsassengaus (und Badenachgaus) von Würzburg beschreiben. Dies würde auch erklären, wieso die rechtsmainischen Gebiete außen vor bleiben. Bei der Zweiten Markschreibung ist der grenzsetzende Teil der Inhaber der Mark Würzburg. Er umgeht die Grenze des gesamten Gebiets so, dass es zur rechten Hand liegt.
Die Erste Würzburger Markbeschreibung ist ein im Stil einer Urkunde angelegtes lateinisches Protokoll einer Grenzbegehung durch den Gesandten Karls des Großen namens Eburhard am 14. Oktober 779. Die Grenze wird in vier Abschnitten beschrieben, dazu werden jeweils die Namen der Zeugen genannt, die diesen Abschnitt mitbegangen haben. Der Anfang der Grenzabschnitte wird lateinisch formuliert, der weitere Text althochdeutsch, auch die Konjunktionen und Präpositionen.
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Die Zweite Würzburger Markbeschreibung wirkt wie ein inoffizielles Kurzprotokoll. Der rein althochdeutsche Text beginnt nach der lateinischen Überschrift Marchia ad VVirziburg unvermittelt mit der Grenzbeschreibung und protokolliert formlos ohne Datum und Unterzeichner den Grenzverlauf als Zeugenaussage.
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