Ƿendelsǣ

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Se Ƿendelsǣ is sǣ betƿēox Europe benorðan him, Affrice in besūðan him, and Asie in beēastan him. Hē oferleȝþ mearce of 2.5 million km².

Se Englisca nama Ƿendelsǣ cymþ of þǣm Wendelum, Germaniscum folce þæt hæfþ þā sǣburg Cartaine ȝeƿunnen. Ac se Ƿendelsǣ hæfþ mæniȝe ōðere naman þurh manncynnes stǣre ȝehæfd. Tō bisene, hine þā Rōmāne hātte oft Mare Nostrum (Læden, ure sǣ). In þǣre Biblioþecan, hātte hē sƿā sƿā þone Grēatne Sǣ oþþe þone Ƿesternne Sǣ. Þæt Nīƿe Englisce ƿord Mediterranean cymþ of Lædenum ƿorde mediterraneus, 'in þǣm middle þæs landes' (medius, 'middel' + terra, 'land, eorðe')