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  <hr><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Gearu fore Christi acennednesse</FONT></B>
  <br>- <b>mdcxxvii</b>: Her in Aegea-sæ se iegfyrbeorg Thera þe nu eac hatte
Santorini utbærst swiðe strange ond sare fordyde manige land.
  <hr><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Annis MCMXCVII ond ærra</FONT></B>
  <br>- <b>dxxxv - dxxxvi</b>: Her on worulde wæs great cyle ond wana sunnan ond
wana wæstma. Ond sume secgaþ þæt þis wearþ of greatre utberstunge fyrbeorges
oððe woruldrumstane þe sloh eorðan. Ond sum secgaþ þæt se fyrbeorg wæs Ilopango
in El Salvador rice in Midamericam.
  <br>- <b>dccxxxii</b>: In þissum geare micel here Muslima fór of Hispaniam in
Francrice, ond `Abd-ur-Rahman Ibn-`Abdullah al-Ghafiqi wæs his heretoga. Ond hie
sare hergodon ond bærnedon Bordeaux ond unrihte ofslogon swiðe manige folca þe
næron feohteras ond God áne wat þæt gerim. Ond ymb þone .xxv. dæge
Winterfylleðes Charles Martel cyninges healles heafodgerefa Francrices fohte wið
þæm here seofon dagas betweox Poitiers ond Tours in Francrice ond ahte wælstowe
gewald ond on þæm seofoðan dæge lytle fore æfne man ofsloh `Abd-ur-Rahmân, ond
þa Muslimas afliemdon dyrne in nihtþystro. Ond æfterra Arabas ond Islam næfre
wurdon pleo for Westeuropam. Ond sume secgaþ þæt þæt gefeoht wæs æt Cénon neah
Poitiers, ond sume secgaþ þæt hit wæs æt Moussais-la-bataille þe is siex mila
suðwest of Châtellerault, ond sume secgaþ þæt man fohte in manigum stedum ond æt
ende neah Poitiers. Ond in geare .dccxx. Muslimas foron of Hispaniam in
Francrice ond fengon Carcassone ond Nîmes ond Narbonne, þe is Septimania-land.
Ond hie macodon scipherehyðe æt Narbonne ond heton hit Arbûna. Ond in geare
.dccxxv. hie foron norþan andlang Rhone-ea ond hergodon Autun ceastre. Ond in
geare .dccxxxi. Muslimas hergodon eall Aquitaine land ond fengon hit. Ond in
geare .dccxlvii. in Francrices suðan Provence landes ric alyfede Muslimas faran
innan, ac Charles Martel utdraf hie. Ond for þissum dædum man het hine Martel,
þe segþ Hamor. Ond in geare .dccxli. he forðferde. Ond in geare .dcclix. Pépin
le Bref his sunu fengon Narbonne of þæm Muslimum. Ond æfterra Pépines sunu
Charles wearþ casere Francrices ond he hatte Charlemagne. Ond æfterra
Charlemagne fór in Hispaniam.
  <br>- <b>mdcclxxxiii</b>: Her in Íslande wearþ in grunde lang cleofung þe
utwearp swiðe micle gemoltenne stan ond atorlyft ond se stede hatte Laki. Ond
se gemoltena stan fordyde micel gód land. Ond seo atorlyft dyde greatne hearm to
wedere ond feo ond wæstmum in manigum landum.
  <br>- <b>mdcccxv Eastermonað v-xv dd</b>: Her on Sumbawa iege in Indonesiam se
fyrbeorg Tambora utbærst swiðe hearde ond fyllede Eorðan lyfte mid æsce ond
forþý menn heton þæt gear .mdcccxvi. "þæt sumorlease gear" ond ".mdccc. ond
freas to deaðe" ond se wæstm wearð sare gederod ond wearð hungor. Ond man wrat
ymb þis <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_A_Summer">on þissum
leafum</a>.
  <br>- <b>mccclxxi</b> Hreðmonað xxv d: Her æt munuca stede æt Mani in
Peloponese in Greclande Germanos biscep rærede Greclandes fanan ond ongann seo
Grecisca Guð Freodomes. Ond eac wæs <i>Assumptio Virginis</i>.
  <br>- <b>mccclxxi</b> Heorfestmonað xi d: Her in Greclande Þeodoros
Kolokotronis ond his fyrd fengon Tripolitsa þe wæs þara Turca heafodstede in
Greclande ond se stede nu hatte Tripolis. Ond æfterra in þrym dagum hie ofslogon
þritig þusend Turca ond mæste dǣl hira næron wæpnedmenn. Ac seo Grecisca
fyrdtoga Laskarina Bouboulina nerede þa wifa þæs Hoursit Pasha þe ærra rixode
þær ond hira cildru, ond heo eac hatte Bouboulina.
  <br>- <b>mcmxii Eastermonað xv d</b>: Her þæt greate scip Titanic sloh isbeorg
on sæ þenden hit fór of Englalande to Niw-Eoforwice ond hit sanc ond .mm. folca
aswulton ond hit wæs his fyrmest sæ-farung.
  <br>- <b>mcmxliv Midsumermonað vi d</b>: Her fore sunnupgonge swiðe manige
fyrdmenn ongunnon cuman to Normandige of Brytene to feohtanne wið Hitleres here,
ond þis hatte D-day.
  <br>- <b>mcmxlviii Ðrimilcemonað xiv d</b>: Her in Tel Avive man lagode
Israheles weorðunge.
  <br>- <b>mcmlii Solmonað vi d:</b> Her æt Sanddéorsigingaháme<i>6)</i> in
Norþfolce man fand George .vi. cyning Englalandes deadne in bedde in morgne þurh
heortcoðan ond he wæs seoc mid <i>carcinomat</i>e his lungena þe wearþ þurh
récunge, ond he lifde .lxi. gearu, ond he rixode .xxiii. wintru, ond Elizabeth
.ii. his dohtor feng to rice ond hire fulle nama is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.
  <br>- <b>mcmlii Weodmonað xv-xvi niht:</b> Her ofer Exemóre in Defnum ceald
weðermearc<i>9)</i> swealg þunorstorm ond hit wyrsode of þæs landes hiehðe ond
macode teon inceas regnes in anre nihte ond macode flod þe fordyde Linemuðan
ceastre mid wætermihte ond miclum stánum ond geborenum treowum ond dyde swiðe
micelne hearm in þara Lin ea dalum ond brucon .xxix. brycga ond acwellede
.xxxiv. leoda.
  <br>- <b>mcmlii Geolmonaðe v-ix dd:</b> Her in Englalande wæs ceald ond næs
wind, ond of þæm wearþ wearmora lyft ofer cealdoran lyfte, swa weðermenn hátaþ
<i>inversionem</i>. Ond ymb Lunden is weall heara hylla Cilterna ond Norðdúna,
ond þurh þisre <i>inversione</i> Lundenwong wearþ atorlyftbúr þe heald eallne
réc husa ond odena fyf dagas, ond þis in Niwenglisce hátte <i>smog</i>, ond siex
þusend oððe máran aswulton of þissum ond eaðe mæg twelf þusend aswulton. Ond þis
wæs se greatost hearm for Brytene þurh wedere siððan Caribbeisc hweolstorm cwom
to Brytene þenden Anne cwén ríxode. Ond of þissum man lagode þa Clænlyft-æwe in
Brytene.
  <br>- <b>mcmliii Æftergeole xxxi d:</b> Her heard ond lang norþwind scufede sæ
wæter ætgædre in Norþsæ betweox Englalande ond Germaniam þenden sæ wæs giet heah
ond þa ea wæron fulle þurh micel regen, ond macode greatne flod in Lincolnscire
ond Grantabricgscire ond Eastenglum ond ymb Temesemuðan ond mæste in Niðerlande,
ond manige aswulton in flode. Ond Niðerlandisce secgað þæt hira great sæweall
genemned se Afsluitdijk angieldede his macunge weorð in anre nihte.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxi</b>: Her se Russisca mann Yuri Gagarin fleag of eorþe ond
fleag ymb eorþe, one he wæs se fyrmest mann þe eode in woruldrume.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxii Ðrimilcemonað xxxi d:</b> Her in Ierusaleme man heng Adolf
Eichmann æfter þæt he wæs fore demum for manigum mándædum þæs <i>Holocausti</i>,
ond æfterra man forbærnede his lic ond forscéd his æsca in deopre sæ.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxvii Midsumermonað:</b> Her Arabisce þeoda sohton guð ætgædre wið
Israhele, ac Israhel gefór to guðe ærest ond in siex dagum hie nom Ierusalemes
ealde ceastre ond eall Iordanlandes þe wæs to westan Iordan-ea ond nom eall
Sinai-westenn of Ægypte ond nom of Syrian þæt land þe hatte þa Golan-hiehða to
Kuneitra ceastre ond Israhel ahte manigra wælstowa gewald. Ond heo nom of Ægypte
swa manige Russisce scriðdracan<i>3)</i> þæt hie wæron genoge for anum
<i>divisionem</i> fyrde.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxix Æfterra Liða xx d:</b> Her Niel Armstrong ond Buzz Aldrin
æreste stodon on þæm monan in þæm wéstennwonge þe hatte Mare Tranquillitatis.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxv ond mcmlxxvi:</b>: Her on Brytene wæs seo heardost dryhð ond
hætu þe wæs in .ccc. gearum, ond þæt land wearð brun.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxvii Weodonað xi d:</b> Her in Memphis in Tennessee underrice
forðferde Elvis Presley þurh heortcoðan, ond he lifde .xlii. gearu.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxx Þrimilcemonað i d:</b> Her in Washington underrice in
Americam se fyrbeorg Mount St.Helens utbærst swiðe mihtige ond fordyde micel
wild wudu ond ofsloh .lvii. folca.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxxiv Geolmonað ii-iii d:</b> Her in middan nihte þurh misgelimpe
oððe wanhydignesse oden æt Bhopal ceastre in Bhopal scire in Madhya Pradesh
underrice in Indiam alyfede utblawan .mmmm. <i>kilogramm</i>as þære atorlyfte
<i>methyl isocyanate</i> gemang husum ond heo ofsloh betweox .viiim. ond .xm.
ond wundode .ccc. þusenda ond Union Carbide rixode þone stede ac ne mann næfre
eode fore deman for þissum. Ond Bhopales æweardtoga feng for demunge for
mannslohtre sumne gehátenne Anderson þe wæs þæs odenes rixiere, ac se USA
gelǣrede þæt man freoge hine for borge swa nu hatte <i>bail</i>, ac þes
Anderson alætte þone borg ond fleogede to Americam.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxxv Æfterra Geola:</b> In þissum monaþe cyrnmihtofen<i>3)</i> æt
Chernobyle in Ukraine mælt binnan ond utbærst hearde ond for his cyrn-atore
wearþ æw þæt ne mann mæg eardian in micel land great swa Englisc scir ymb
Chernobyl. Ond in Ukrainiscum gereorde "chernobyl" segð "wermód"<i>5)</i>.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxxvi Weodmonað xxvi d:</b> Her in Camerûn-hiehþum in
Camerûn-lande in Africam swiðe micel wolcen þære atorlyfte <i>carbon dioxide</i>
cwom ut of Nyos-lace ond acwellede .mdcc. folces ond .mmmd. feo.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxxvii Winterfylleð:</b>: Her se Caribbeisca hweolstorm Floyd ne
cwom to lande in American ac rann to eastan ofer garsecge ond cwom to Englalande
in nihte mid his hean strengðe ond sare sloh Westseaxne ond Cent ond Suðseaxne
ond Suðrige ond Lunden ond afyllede unrim treowa ond fordyde þa wude ond dyde
micelne hearm. Næfre ærra cwom hweolstorm to Englalande mid his fullan strengðe
siððan Anne cwen rixode.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxxviii:</b> Her seo seocnesse <i>distemper</i> ofsloh .xviii.
þusend seolas ymb Europam.
  <br>- <b>mcmlxxxix Blotmonað ix d:</b> Her menn ongunnon tobrecan þone miclan
ond hearmmæran weall þe wæs in Berline.
  <br>- <b>mcmxc Weodmonað iii d:</b> Her Germania wearþ ongean an ric.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcii Blotmonað xx d:</b>: Her in Englalande Windelesóra-cyneburh
bærnede.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcii Geolmonað vi d:</b>: Her in Ayodhya ceastre in Indiam Hinduas
afylledon þone Babri-masjid.
  <br>- <b>mcmxciv Eostermonað vi d:</b> Her in Rwandam menn þæs Hutu cynnes
ongunnon ofslean .dccc. þusend þæs Tutsi cynnes. Ond hit rann .c. dagas. Ond þis
wæs seo greatost swylca acwellung æfter þæm <i>Holocausto</i>. Ond lange þa
Tutsisce rixodon þa Hutuisce.
  <br>- <b>mcmxciv Midsumermonað ii d:</b> Her wingwindend gehaten Chinook sloh
beorg æt Maol Chinn Tíre<i>1)</i> (þe in Scyttiscum gereorde segþ
`Landheafodnæss') þenden hit fleag of Beal Féirste in Norþiralande to Inbhair
Nis in Scotlande, ond hit bær his feower scipmenn ond .xxv. hea menn dyrnþeowota
þe fuhton wiþ þæm IRA, ond ealle aswulton, ond of þissum þæt gefeoht wiþ þæm IRA
wearþ gedered.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcv Weodmonað xxi d:</b> Her wearþ gehaligod se micla Hinduisca
hearg æt Néosdúne<i>7)</i> in Lundene ond hit hatte Shrî Swaminarayan Mandir.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcv Winterfylleð xviii d:</b> Her in Englalande forðferde þæt mære
hors Red Rum, ond he lifde .xxx. gearu, ond he wearð gebyrged æt
Ántréowe<i>8)</i> neah Liferpóle.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcvii Midsumermonað xxvii d:</b> Her forðferde Jacques-Yves
Cousteau se swiðe mæra dyfungtoga æt hame in Paris ceastre þurh heortcoðan, ond
he lifde .lxxxvii. gearu, ond he wearþ gebyrged in Notre Dame mynstre in Parise.
Ond he macode þone <i>aqualung</i>, ond he lange wæs sciptoga þæs scipes
Calypso.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcvii Weodmonaðes iv d:</b> Her in Francrice forþferde Jeanne Louise Calment, ond heo lifde .cxxii. gearu.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcvii Weodmonaðes xxxi d:</b> Her forþferdon Diana þe ær wæs wif
Charles æþelinges ond Dodi al-Fayed hire freond þonne hira wægn sloh weall in
þyrelwege in Paris ceastre, ond in æftergearum heo sceolde weorþan cwen
Englalandes, ond Englaland wearþ giomor æt þæm, ond heo wearþ gebyrged in iege
þe is in lace in Ollaþorppearroce<i>4)</i> in Norþhamtunscire.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcvii Heorfestmonaðes v d:</b> Her in Calcuttan in Indiam
forðferde Modor Theresa, ond heo lifde .lxxxvii. gearu, ond heo wearþ acenned
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje in Macedoniam on .xxvii.þan dæge Weodmonaðes in
geare .mcmx., ond heo worhte lange for þæm earmlicum folca Indiae.
  <br>- <b>mcmxcvii Blotmonaðes xix d:</b> Her in þæm USA Bobbi wif þæs Kenny
McCaughey acennede seofon cildru ætgædre, ond ealle libbedon. Ond hie sind
Kenneth, Alexis, Natalie, Kelsey, Brandon, Nathan ond Joel, ond án gear ærra hie
acennede án cild Mikayla.
  <hr><b>1)</b> Mull of Kintyre, Belfast (= "mouth of sandbank"), Inverness.
  <br><b>2)</b> nuclear reactor (compare German <i>Kern-</i>).
  <br><b>3)</b> army tank.
  <br><b>4)</b> Althorp Park.
  <br><b>5)</b> wormwood.
  <br><b>6)</b> Sandringham in Norfolk. The name means "sandy area belonging to
Dersingham".
  <br><b>7)</b> Neasden. The name means "nose[-shaped] hill".
  <br><b>8)</b> Aintree. The name means "[place with] one tree".
  <br><b>9)</b> front as in weather.
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