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2Ohthere sæde his hlaforde, Ælfrede cyninge, þæt he ealra
3Norðmonna norþmest bude.
4He cwæð þæt he bude on þæm lande norþweardum wiþ þa
5Westsæ.
6He sæde þeah þæt þæt land sie swiþe lang norþ
7þonan; ac hit is eal weste, buton on feawum stowum
8styccemælum wiciað Finnas, on huntoðe on wintra, & on sumera
9on fiscaþe be þære sæ.
10He sæde þæt he æt sumum cirre wolde fandian hu longe þæt
11land norþryhte læge, oþþe hwæðer ænig mon
12be norðan þæm westenne bude.
13þa for he norþryhte be þæm lande: let him ealne weg þæt
14weste land on ðæt steorbord, & þa widsæ on
15ðæt bæcbord þrie dagas.
16þa wæs he swa feor norþ swa þa hwælhuntan firrest faraþ.
17þa for he þagiet norþryhte swa feor swa he meahte on þæm
18oþrum þrim dagum gesiglan.
19þa beag þæt land þær eastryhte, oþþe seo sæ in on
20ðæt lond, he nysse hwæðer; buton he wisse ðæt he
21ðær bad westanwindes & hwon norþan, & siglde ða east be
22lande swa swa he meahte on feower dagum gesiglan.
23þa sceolde he ðær bidan ryhtnorþanwindes, for ðæm þæt
24land beag þær suþryhte, oþþe seo sæ in on ðæt
25 land, he nysse hwæþer.
26þa siglde he þonan suðryhte be lande swa swa he mehte on
27fif dagum gesiglan.
28ða læg þær an micel ea up in on þæt land.
29þa cirdon hie up in on ða ea, for þæm hie ne dorston forþ
30bi þære ea siglan for unfriþe; for þæm ðæt
31land wæs eall gebun on oþre healfe þære eas.
32Ne mette he ær nan gebun land, siþþan he from his agnum ham
33for.
34Ac him wæs ealne weg weste land on þæt steorbord, butan
35fiscerum & fugelerum & huntum, & þæt wæron
36eall Finnas; & him wæs a widsæ on ðæt bæcbord.
37þa Beormas hæfdon swiþe wel gebud hira land; ac hie ne
38dorston þær on cuman.
39Ac þara Terfinna land wæs eal weste buton ðær huntan
40gewicodon, oþþe fisceras, oþþe fugeleras.
41Fela spella him sædon þa Beormas ægþer ge of hiera agnum
42lande ge of þæm landum þe ymb hie utan wæron;
43ac he nyste hwæt þæs soþes wæs, for þæm he hit self
44ne geseah þa Finnas, him þuhte, & þa Beormas
45spræcon neah an geþeode.
46Swiþost he for ðider, toeacan þæs landes sceawunge, for
47þæm horschwælum, for ðæm hie habbað swiþe æþele
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49toþum þa teð hie brohton sume þæm cyninge,
50& hiora hyd