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Wulfstān sǽde þæt he gefōre of Hǽðum, þæt h^ē wǽre
on Trfisō on syfan dagum and nihtum, þæt þæt scip wæs

5 ealne weg yrnende under segle. Weonoðland him wæs on
stēorbord, and. on bæebord him wæs Langaland, and
Lǽland, and. Falster, and Scōnēg; and þās lafid eall
hŷrað to Dęnemearcan. And þonne Burgenda land wæs
us on bæcbord, and þā^abbað him sylfe² cyning. ponne

^^ æfter Burgenda lande wǽron us þās land, þā synd hātene
ǽrest Blēcinga-ēg, and Mēore, and Eowland, and Gotl^and
on bæcbord; and þās. land hŷrað to Swēom.^ And. Weo-
nodland wæs us ealne weg on stēorbord oð Wīslemūðan.
Sēo Wīsle is swŷðe mycel ēa, and^hīo tōlīð Wītland and

^^ Weonodland; and þæt Wītland ^belimpeð to Estum; and
sēo Wīsle llð ūt of Weonodlande, and līð in Estmęre;
and sē Estmęre is hūru fīftēne mīla brad, ponne cymeð
Ilfing ēastan in Estmęre 'of ðǽm mere, ðe Trūsō sta^ndeð
in stæðe; and cumað ūt samod in. Estmęre, Ilfing ēastan

20 of Estlande,⁴ and Wīsle sūðan of Winodlande. And

þonne benimð Wīsle Ilfing hire naman, and ligeð of þǽm

mere west and norð on sǽ; for By,hit man hǽt Wīsle-

mūða.

pæt Estland⁵is swŷðe mycel, and þǽr bið swŷðe manig

25 burh, and on ǽlcere byrig bið eyninge. And þǽr bið
•swŷðe rayeel hunig, and fiscnað; and sē cyning and þā
rīcostan men driacað. mŷran raeolc, and þā unspēdigan
and þā þēowan drincað medo. pǽr bið swŷðe mycel
gewinn betwēonan him. . And ne bið ðǽr nǽnig ealo

-Sweet. ² C, sylf; Sweet, , ⁸G, Sweon; Sweet,

* C, Eastlande • Sweet. —-.- - C, Eastland; Sweet



			42 VIII. VOYAGES OF OHTHERE AND WULFSTAN. ðā twēgen dagas on ðæt bæcbord þā īgland pe in [on]' Dęnemearce hŷrað.

		Wulfstān sǽde þæt he gefōre of Hǽðum, þæt h^ē wǽre on Trfisō on syfan dagum and nihtum, þæt þæt scip wæs 5 ealne weg yrnende under segle. Weonoðland him wæs on stēorbord, and. on bæebord him wæs Langaland, and Lǽland, and. Falster, and Scōnēg; and þās lafid eall hŷrað to Dęnemearcan. And þonne Burgenda land wæs us on bæcbord, and þā^abbað him sylfe² cyning. ponne ^^ æfter Burgenda lande wǽron us þās land, þā synd hātene ǽrest Blēcinga-ēg, and Mēore, and Eowland, and Gotl^and on bæcbord; and þās. land hŷrað to Swēom.^ And. Weo- nodland wæs us ealne weg on stēorbord oð Wīslemūðan. Sēo Wīsle is swŷðe mycel ēa, and^hīo tōlīð Wītland and ^^ Weonodland; and þæt Wītland ^belimpeð to Estum; and sēo Wīsle llð ūt of Weonodlande, and līð in Estmęre; and sē Estmęre is hūru fīftēne mīla brad, ponne cymeð Ilfing ēastan in Estmęre 'of ðǽm mere, ðe Trūsō sta^ndeð in stæðe; and cumað ūt samod in. Estmęre, Ilfing ēastan 20 of Estlande,⁴ and Wīsle sūðan of Winodlande. And þonne benimð Wīsle Ilfing hire naman, and ligeð of þǽm mere west and norð on sǽ; for By,hit man hǽt Wīsle- mūða. pæt Estland⁵is swŷðe mycel, and þǽr bið swŷðe manig 25 burh, and on ǽlcere byrig bið eyninge. And þǽr bið •swŷðe rayeel hunig, and fiscnað; and sē cyning and þā rīcostan men driacað. mŷran raeolc, and þā unspēdigan and þā þēowan drincað medo. pǽr bið swŷðe mycel gewinn betwēonan him. . And ne bið ðǽr nǽnig ealo -Sweet. ² C, sylf; Sweet, , ⁸G, Sweon; Sweet, * C, Eastlande • Sweet. —-.- - C, Eastland; Sweet