Swegnseg
| Swegnseg | |
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| Bæceringmet SS6593 | |
| Tælmet | |
| Scir: | Glamorgan |
| Feorrspreca forerim: | 1792 |
| Ærendrun: | SA1-SA7 |
| Stowlicu toþegnung | |
| Læppa: | Wēalas, Swansea |
Swegnseg is burg on Glamorgan þæt is on Wealum. Ðeos ceaster stent be sǣrime betƿeonum Sefernsǣ and Tāwe ēa muþan. Hēo is micel ceapstōƿ and sǣport, and is ǣnig þā mæstan byrig on norþƿestdǣle Glædmо̄rgansċīr.
Swegnseg se nama cymþ of Norþmanniscum sprǣcum, of Swegne, Norþmana brego, forþæm þe þeos wæs his ieg.[1]
Stōw and Land
[adihtan | adihtan fruman]Swegnseg lið on sǣstrande, mid micclum sæ and ȳðum. Þǣr is lang sǣstrand and ēac feldas and dūnas on Gōfernes ēaland, sēo is wīde cūþ for hire fægernesse.
Sēo byrig stent æt mūðan Tāwe ēa, þǣr þe ēa and sǣ gemētaþ.
Stǣf and Gesċēap
[adihtan | adihtan fruman]Ǣr þǣm þe Norþmenn cōmon, þis land wæs ġewunad fram Bretƿēalum. On þǣre tīde þā Norþmenn sǣlīðas wǣron, hīe cōmon tō þǣm stōwe and settan lȳtelne port.
Æfter þǣm wearð Swegnseg micel ceapstōƿ on middangearde þæs rīces, forþǣm hit hæfde gōde sǣweġas and eaðe tōfære tō oþrum landum.
On siððan tīdum, on þǣm ƿeorulde þe man hāt “Ēnglaland,” wæs Swegnseg micel stōw for īsernweorcum and scipwyrhtum.
Folc and Gesetness
[adihtan | adihtan fruman]On dæg is micel folc on Swegnseg ġewunigende. Þæt folc spricþ Ænglisċ and Ƿylisċ). Sēo byrig hæfþ scōlas, hēahscōl, and fela ceapstōƿa.
Geƿitnes
[adihtan | adihtan fruman]Swegnseg is gecūþen for lēoðum, sangum, and cræftum. Fela ġeongra manna cumaþ þǣr tō leornienne and tō libbanne. Sēo sǣ and þæt land ymbutan bringaþ mycele blisse þǣm þe þǣr sind.
Dǣl of Andƿeardum Dæge
[adihtan | adihtan fruman]Tōdæg is Swegnseg ān of þǣm mæstum byrigum on Ƿēalas, mid micelre ferðe and ceape. Hēo belimpþ tō micelre sprǣce and ġemǣnnysse betƿeon Ænglisċum and Ƿēalisċum folcum.