Sūþīeġa Rīċe

Þæt Sūþīeġa Rīċe (Ealdnors: Suðreyjar; Scyttisc: Rìoghachd nan Eilean; Norðisc: Sørligeøyer), ēac gehāten Sodre, wæs Norðmanna–Ġaele rīċe. Hit befēng Manes Īeġland, þā Sūþīeġa (þā Hebredas), and Cludes Īeġland, fram þām nigoþan oð þone þrītteoþan hundtīentan ġēar.

Þā īeġland wæron cūðe on Ealdre Norðmanna Sprǣce swā Sūþīeġa, oþþe "Sūþerne Īeġa," swā sundor fram þām Norðīeġum, oþþe "Norðerne Īeġa," þāra Orcaneġe and Sætland. On Scottiscre Ġaele Sprǣce, þæt rīċe is cūð swā Īeġlanda Rīċe.

Þæt land is hwīlum gehāten Rīċe Manes and þāra Īeġa, þēah lītel dǣl þāra rīcendra nemnde hine swā. Þæt ealdfǣrlic ġewrit is unfulfremmed, and þæt rīċe wæs nā ābīdende ġeweorc þurh ealle þā tīde.

Hwīlum wæron þā rīċan frēo of utewerdum anwealde, þēah ofer micelne dǣl þǣre tīde hīe hæfdon oferhlāfordas on Norweġum, Īrlande, Englalande, Scottlande oþþe Orcaneġe. Hwīlum hit þyncþ ēac þæt þǣr wǣron tōgēanes clymmendas for eallum oþþe dǣlum þæs landes.

Þā īeġland habbaþ ealne eorðan dǣl ofer þrīe þūsend sweremīla, and hīe āstreċċaþ ofer þrīe hund mīla fram norþan tō sūþan.