Wendelsǣ

Se Ƿendelsǣ is sǣ betƿeox Europe, þe is benorðan him, and Affrice, þe is besūðan him, and Asie, þe is beēastan him. Hē hæfþ mearce 2.5 þūsend þūsenda fēoƿerscētra þūsendmetera.

Se Englisca nama Ƿendelsǣ cymþ of þǣm Wendlum, þe wǣron Germanisc folc þæt hæfde þā sǣburg Cartaine geƿunnen. Ac se Ƿendelsǣ hæfþ manige ōðere naman þurh manncynnes stǣr gehæfd. Tō bisene, hine þā Rōmāne hēton oft Mare Nostrum (Lǣden ƿord þe mǣneþ ūre sǣ). In þǣre Biblioþēcan, hātte hē se Grēata Sǣ oþþe se Ƿesterna Sǣ. Þæt Nīƿenglisce ƿord Mediterranean cymþ of Lǣdenum ƿorde mediterraneus þe mǣneþ 'in þǣm middle þæs landes' (medius mǣneþ 'middel' and terra mǣneþ 'land' oþþe 'eorðe')