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  <hr><A NAME="Y03JAN"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Æfterra Geola</FONT></B>
  <br>- In þissum monaðe Norðkorea þreagode þæt hit wolde ongean onwacian
cyrnofen to macianne þone <i>plutonium</i> ond is pleo þæt Norðkorea will secan
macian cyrnwæpen.
  <br>- i d: Her ond in æfterdagum wæs great regen ond flod on Englalande.
  <br>- vii d: Her in huse in Wudugréne in norðdǣle Lundenes in
Englalande æweardas fundon þæt swiþe egeslice ator <i>ricin</i> ond onfeng siex
Algeriscan ond Morocciscan menn ond on .viii.þan dæge seofoðan, ond is pleo þæt
þis is of Al-Qaedan to acwellanne menn.
  <br>- xii d: Her in morgne in fyrdseochuse æt Buenos Aires fore sunnupgonge
forðferde General Leopoldo Galtieri, and geo he rixode Argentinam, ond he lifde
.lxxvi. gearu, ond he wæs seoc þurh <i>carcinomate pancreatis</i>.
  <br>- xiii d: Her in Cyninges Eadweardes .vii.þan seochuse in Lundene man anom
dǣl anre <i>cartilaginis semilunaris</i> swíðran cneowes Cwene
Elizabethes .ii.þan, ond heo derede hit æt Newmarket on .xx. dæge Foregeoles
geares .mmii.
  <br>- xiv d: Her in Cétehámhylle in Mameceastre norðdǣle æweardas
macodon ráde in hus ond þærinne hie fundon siex Algerisce menn ond án hira mid
miclum cyceneseaxe ofsloh æweard ond wundode þríetíene menn. Ond man eac fand
þærinne þæt ator <i>ricin</i>.
  <br>- xvi d: Her æt Ukhaider in Iraqes suðan seceras fundon .xi. ordas for
atorberendum fyrsperum. Ond in ær-gearum Saddâm Hussein fordrygode ealle tha
miclan merscas ond Hammâr-lacu in Iraqes suðan þær þa Shî`iscan Mersc-arabas á
wunodon ond þæt land is nu sandwéstenn, buton Hawîza-mearsce on Iran-mearce.
  <br>- xviii d: Her ond in æfterdagum in Australiam micle wealdfyr ymbsæton
Canberra ond bærnedon .cd. hus oððe maran.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuþ þæt in Hispaniam is wiðcweðung hwa ágeð Tizoma þe is
swurd þæs Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar þe eac hatte El Cíd ond he fohte hearde for
Cristnum wið Muslimum, ond he wearð acenned in geare .mlxiii., ond he forþferde
in geare .mxcix. þenden his fyrd ymbsat Valencia, ond his fyrd nom Valencia of
Muslimum. Ond his nama is of Arabisces "sayyid" þe segþ hlaford.
  <br>- Her .cl. æweardas foron in þone miclan <i>masjid</i> æt
Finnesburhpearroce in Lundene, ond heoldon þæt bold án hál dæg oððe mára, ond
hie fengon sume wæpen ond cyrcolwyrdas ond manige wrítunga ond seofon menn, ac
næs þærinne his <i>imâm</i> Abu Hamza al-Masri þe oft maþelode Muslimas to gúðe
ond gefeohte. Ond þis wearþ of þæm findungum <i>ricin</i>es in Lundene ond in
Mameceastre. Ond <i>imâm</i> is Muslimisc preost.
  <br>- xx d: Her man segde þæt Bretland will sendan þritig þusend fyrdmenn to
guðe wið Saddâme.
  <br>- xxi d: Her wæs heard ond lang eorþstyren in Colima underrice in Mexico,
ond his miht wæs Richter 7.6, ond hit fordyde manige bold ond acwellede menn.
  <br>- xxiii d: Her in Italiam æweardas fengon fyf Arabas slæpende in huse in
feldum neam Rovigo in Venezia lande, ond hie fundon utberstendas mid him.
  <br>- xxiv d: Her in Catalonia lande in Hispaniam æweardas fengon .xvi.
Algerisce ond Moroccisce Al-Qaedisce, ond wæpen wæron mid him.
  <br>- xxvii d: Her Israheles fyrd fór in Gazaland mid scriðdracum to seocanne
sceoteras ond hie ofsloh twelf in gefeohte ond wundodon siextig, swylt æfter
synnum, ond hie utburston oden þær Gazisce macodon fyrsperu.
  <br>- Ymb þisne dæg wæron swiþe strange wealdfyr in Victoriam underrice in
Australiam. Ond þær is lang heard dryhþ ond hǣtu.
  <br>- Ond giet is lang gemaþel þæt fyrd sculen faran in Iraqe to aweorpan
Saddâm Hussein of his rice.
  <br>- xxviii d: Her wæs heahfolccyre in Israhele, ond Ariel Sharon ond se
mægenwerod Likud fengon to rice.
  <br>- xxx d: Her wæs heard wind ond cyle ond snaw on Englalandes
eastdǣle.
  <br>- xxxi d: Her in Napoli ceastre in Italiam æweardas fengon .xxviii.
Pakistanisce Al-Qaedisce ond utberstendas mid him.

  <hr><A NAME="Y03FEB"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Solmonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- i d: Her se woruldrúmscytel Columbia tobræc in dǣlas ond utbærst
.xxxviii. mila ofer Texase þenden hit fleag to cumanne to his hýðe æt
Canaveral-næsse, ond þa dǣlas feollon wíde ymb Nacogdoches ceastre, ond
his seofon scipmenn ealle aswulton, ond án hira hátte Ilan Ramon and he wæs
Israhelisc, ond án hira hátte Kalpana Chawla and heo wæs Hinduisc ond heo wearþ
acenned in Indiam. Ond þis wæs þisses scipes .xxviii.ða flyht ond þara scytela
.cxiii.ða flyht ond hit wæs se ieldst þara feower. Ond sume secgaþ þæt his
scyld ongann afeollan þenden hit fleag ofer Californiam.
  <br>- Ond se Ilan Ramon was án þara þe in geare .mcmlxxxi. alyfedon feallan
utberstendas on Iraqes cyrnofen þe hatte Osiraq ond fordydon hit ond forstod þæt
Iraq macie cyrnwæpen to weorðanne pleoh for þeodum. Ond geo his fæder wæs hæft
in Auschwitz.
  <br>- Ond sume segdon þæt on .xvi. dæge Æftergeoles geares .mmiii. þenden hit
fleag uppe, dǣl scyldes wearþ freo of his fyrlyfthealderes stefnan ond
sloh þa fyrmæstan ecge his wynstran fiðres ond þær bræc hire hǣtscyld,
ond sume segdon þæt his wynstra fiðru bræc þurh ieldo.
  <br>- Ond geo wæs woruldrumscytel genemned Challenger, ac hit tobærst þenden
hit fleag uppe of his hyðe in geare .mcmdcccvi. ond his siex scipmenn ealle
aswulton.
  <br>- iv d: Her in Lundene þa <i>Charity Commissioners</i> lagodon þæt Abu
Hamza ne mæg bodian æt Finnesburgpearrocmasjide in Lundene, for þæm þe he oft
maþelode feondscipe ond guðe wiþ Americam ond Iudeum. Ond he is <i>imâm</i> þær.
Ond his nama segþ hóces fæder, for þæm þe he hæfþ twífealdne isernne hoc in
stede his swiðran hande. Ond he segð þæt he forleas his handa ond án eag in guðe
in Afghanistane. Ond ærra manige wurdon ierremode for þæm þe he segde þæt
Columbiae utberstung wæs Allâhes wíte.
  <br>- Her wearþ ende Jugoslaviae, ond his underric wurdon syndrige ric, ond
hit lifde .lxxxiv. gearu, ond man macode hit in geare .mcmxix. æt þæm
Versailles-gemóte.
  <br>- vii d: Her getimbriendas ongunnon tobrecan þa twegen mæran torras þæs
ealdan fotþoþorstedes æt Wembalea in Lundene.
  <br>- xii d: Her in Islame wæs þæt symbel þe hatte Eid al-Adha, þe is
Ramadânes ende. Ond wæs Hajj-tid, ond þreo <i>million</i>as eodon to Hajje. Ond
æt Meccan þritig oððe maran aswulton under fotum æt þære Deofolstánunge.
  <br>- Her in Brytene seo fyrd warode lyfthýða, for þæm þe wæs wen
onrǣses hearmwearga. Ond on .xiii. dæge æt Gátwíce lyfthyðweardas feng
mann þe hæfde handútberstend. Ond in þeodum wæs wiðcweðung ymb farunge to guðe
wið Iraqe.
  <br>- xiv d: Her æt þæm Roslin Institute in Scotlande forðferde se sceap
Dolly, and heo wæs se fyrmest <i>clonus</i> fullweaxenes deores, ond heo
acennede siex lamb, ond heo lifde eahta gearu. Ond man þurfte acwellan hie þurh
weaxendre seocnesse hire lungena.
  <br>- xvii d: Her wæs great ond deop snaw on Americae eastdælum.
  <br>- Her sum macode fyr in irenweg-gewægnoþe under grunde in Taegu ceastre in
Koream, ond oðer gewægnoþ wearþ to fyr of þissum, ond .cxx. wurdon tobærnede
oþþe maran.
  <br>- xix d: Her in Hamburg in Germaniam man sendede Mounir al-Motasaddeq to
carcerne for .xv. gearu for þæt he gehealp þa þe macodon þa acwellunga æt þæm
Woruldceapungtorrum, ond he is Moriccisc.
  <br>- Her Israheles fyrd fór in Gazaland ond in Nablus.
  <br>- xxii d: Her in nihttrúðbolde gehatenum Station in West Warwick ceastre
in Rhode Island underrice in Americam sum macode plege mid fyrweorcum ond great
fyr wearð ond .xcvi. aswulton oððe maran.
  <br>- xxiv d: Her Israheles fyrd fór in Beit Hânûn in Gazalande.
  <br>- xxiv d: Her æt þæm Old Bailey in Lundene dema demde þæt se Islamisca
preost Abdullah El-Faisal wæs gyltig for þæm þe he oft maðelode to geongum
Muslimum þæt hie sceolden macian guð to acwellanne Hinduas ond Iudeas ond
Americiscan ond oðre þe ne sind Muslimas. Ond he wæs Jamaicisc ond he wearð
Muslim þonne he wæs .xvi. gearu eald. Ond he alyfede his <i>masjid</i> weorðan
fúlne ond tobrocenne þurh wanhydignesse. Ond on .vii. dæge man sendede hine to
carcerne for nigon gearum ond þonne he wierþþ ongean freo man will sendan him
ongean to hame to Jamaican.
  <br>- Her wæs eorþstyren in Kashgar scire in Xinjiang lande in Cinalande ond
his miht wæs Richter 6.8 ond maran þonne .ccl. aswulton ond .m. wurdon
gewundode.
  <br>- xxvii d: Her Rowan Williams se .civ.oþa arcebiscep æt Cantwarabyrig
wearð gesetted in his stole.

  <hr><A NAME="Y03MAR"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Hreðmonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- In þissum monaðe in manigum landum .mdcc. wurdon seoce mid þære niwan
seocnesse SARS ond .lxi. aswulton þurh hire.
  <br>- i d: Her fore sunnupgonge in Rawalpindi in Pakistane æweardas féngon
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed þenden he sléop, ond he is heah in Al-Qaedan, ond he
gewéold þa acwellunge æt þæm Woruldceapungtorrum.
  <br>- vi d: Her sum macode utberstunge in folcwægne in Haifa in Israhele ond
acwllede his sylfne ond .xv. geonge.
  <br>- vii d: Her on mearce æt Afghanistanes suðwesternan ende æweardas fengon
Hamza ond Sa`ad sunas þæs Osama Bin Laden.
  <br>- Her Israheles fyrd fór in Gazalande ond tobræc hus þe wæs oden wæpna ond
wæs gefeoht ond .xi. Palestinisce wurdon ofslægene ond .cl. wordun gewundode.
Ond Palestinisce macodon twegen utberstunge ac áne wundode Palestinisce. Ond man
asceat feower Palestinisce in Westiordanum. Ond sume Palestinisce segdon þæt
will beon wrecung. Ond þyncþ þæt þis nill endian. God bringe frið ond rihtne
ende.
  <br>- viii d: Her in Stoce on Trente in Englalande forðferde Adam Faith se
truð, ond he lifde .lxii. gearu.
  <br>- Her in Gazalande Israhelisc fyrspere asceat wægn ond feower Hamasisce
menn þe wæron in him, ond sum hira wæs Ibrahim Makadma, ond he wæs in þæm
Hamas.
  <br>- xvi d: Her forðferde Dame Thora Hird seo truð þurh blodgelimpe in
brægne, ond heo lifde .xci. gearu.
  <br>- Her in Azores-iegum wæs gemot þeodtogena ymb Iraq.
  <br>- xvii d: Her in æfne Bush foresittend bebad þæt gif Saddâm Hussein ne ga
ute of Iraqe in .xliv. stundum ond ealle his suna, will beon guð.
  <br>- xviii d: Her in Colorado underrice in Americam feollon feower fet snawes
in .xxiv. stundum.
  <br>- Her in Ramallah in Westiordanum man lagode þæt Palestinland sceal habban
fyrmestscealc ond se fyrmestscealc is Mahmûd `Abbâs þe eac hatte Abu Mazen.
  <br>- xx d: Her in morgne fore sunnupgonge Americisce ond Bryttisce
guðlyftcræftas ond fyrsperu gehatene Tomahawk flugon wið Baghdâde to secanne
acwellan sume þeodtogan Iraqes to beheafdianne Iraqes rice. Ond in Arabisce þæt
nama Saddâm segð Wiðstandere.
  <br>- Her in Afghanistane þusend Americisce fyrdmenn sohton Al-Qaedisce ond
Talibanisce in Sami Ghar beorgum in Maruf lande in Kandahar scire neah
Pakistanes mearce.
  <br>- xxi-xxii dd:  Her ond in æfterdagum man sendede guðlyftcræftas ond .m.
Tomahawk gestyrede fyrsperu wið Baghdâde ond fordydon manige bold Iraqes
þeodtogena, ond hie wundodon Saddâm Hussein ond Uday his sunu. Ond Iraq scuton
fyrsperu of Al Fâw næsse to Kuwaite. Ond Bryttisce sæfyrdmenn foron of Kuwaite
ond fuhton wið Iraqiscum on Al Fâw næsse ond fengon þa greatan ele-hyðe. Ond
Americisce foron of Kuwaite ond fuhton wið manigum Iraqiscum æt Umm Qasr
hýðceastre ond æfter twæm dagum ahton wælstowe gewald buton feawum þe giet
scuton in husum. Ond on .xxii. dæge hie fuhton wið Iraqiscum fore Basra ond
ofsloh manige Iraqisce heremenn, ond .viiim. Iraqisce gieldedon. Ond hie þurfon
fón Umm Qasr for þæm hira scipu magen cuman þider to hyðe andlang Khawr `Abd
Allâh þæs þe nama segþ Godesþéowesfléot, for þæm þe Umm Qasr is Iraqes ána hyð
mid deopum wætre; ac hie segdon þæt hie nill feohtan in Basra ceastre. Ond in
Umm Qasr ceasterware mæredon for þæm þe Saddâmes Husseines ric endode.
  <br>- Ond in Arabisce þæt nama Kuwait segþ Lytel Drincfæt for þæm þe geo
Kuwait ceaster wæs wæterwiella in wéstenne. Ond Umm Qasr segþ Burge Modor.
  <br>- Ond Americisce fuhton wið Iraqiscum æt Nâsirîya ond fengon his twa
brycga for þæm hie gan ofer Euphrates-ea to Baghdâde, ond þær eac hie fengon
Tallîl lyftfeld. Ond hie fengon þa greatan ele-feld æt Rumaila ond Zubair ond
Safwan ond Siba, ond nigon elewiellan bærndon ond ealle oðre wurdon generede.
Ond wæs gefeoht æt An Najaf, ond þær feoll werodtoga þæs mægenwerodes Ba`þ þe
oft hatte Baath.
  <br>- Ond Iraqisce Kurdas ond Americisce sundorfyrdmenn foron of hira beorgum
to fónne Kirkûk ond Mosul ele-feldas. Ond Americisce sundorfyrdmenn fengon H2
ond H3 lyftfeldas in Iraqe neah Eastiordana mearce.
  <br>- Ond æt Basra þa Bryttisce sæfyrdmenn gebidon to weardianne ond þa
Americisce sæfyrdmenn áéodon andlang Tigris-ea togeanes Baghdâde.
  <br>- Ond .xix. Bryttisce ond Americisce aswulton in misgelimpum wingwindenda.
  <br>- Ond eac in guðe wæron Brytticisce feallhleomenn ond þa Bryttisce
scriðdracamenn þe hataþ hira sylfe þa Wéstennrættas<i>1)</i>.
  <br>- Ond sume secgaþ þæt .m. Turkisce fyrdmenn foron in Iraqiscne Kurdistan,
ac Turkland segde þæt þis ne gelamp.
  <br>- Ond neah Gerdigo wice eastan of Halabja in Iraqiscum Kurdistane wæs set
þæs dyrnherges Ansâr al-Islam þe is folgere þæs Al Qaeda ond his nama segþ
Heolpendas Islames. Ond seo Iraqiscra Kurdiscra fyrd hatte se Peshmerga. Ond her
se Peshmerga settede his sylf under Americisce wealdunge. Ond seo fyrd sendede
sume .xii. Tomahawk fyrsperu wið þæm Ansâr al Islam ond wið þæm Islamiscan
dyrnherge Kormal ond acwellede .cl., forðý se Peshmerga ne miht sendan eall his
fyrde suð gif hie þurfon oðhealdan menn to werianne hira folc wið Islamiscum
beorghergum. Ond æfterra Ansâr al-Islam onwræc ond macode utberstung æt
weardstede on wege þær ond acwellede fyf oððe maran ond wundode eahta. Ond se
Ansâr al-Islam hæfde .dcc. menn oþþe maran ond hie healdon dæl neah Iran-mearce,
ond hie werode Saddâm.
  <br>- Ond se Peshmerga hæfþ .lx. þusend menn. Ond .lxii. þusend Americisce
woldon faran of Iskenderun hyðe þurh Turclande to Iraqe, ac Turcland ne alyfede
þis. Ac nu is gód lyftfeld æt Sulaimânîya þe in Kurdisce hatte Slêmânî in
Kurdlande.
  <br>- Her ond in foredagum in Nigeriam þa folc Ijaw ond Itsekiri fuhton
æghwylc wið oðrum ond æfterra wið Nigeriae fyrde, ond hie fengon elewiellan ond
segde þæt hie macien utberstunga þærinne gif seo fyrd ne ágá. Ond þæt nama ea
Niger nis Sweart in Boclædene, ac hit is of Gher n' Gherem, þe in Tuaregisce
segþ seo ea þara ea.
  <br>- xxiii d: Her giet in Umm Qasr sume Americisce feohtaþ wið .cxx.
Iraqiscum Republiciscum Weardum. Ond æfterra ic hate hie þone IRG. Ond ongean is
gefeoht æt Nâsirîya, ond Iraqisce fengon fyf Americisce æt Sûq ash Shuyûkh þe
segþ Ealdormannacéapstow. Ond in Kuwaite þurh misgelimpe Americisc Patriot
fyrspere asceat Bryttisce Tornado guðlyftcræft. Ond neah An Najaf man fand
odene, ond hit þohton þæt hit was for atorwæpnum, ac hit wæs áne for atore for
landbuendum to acwellanne brosnunga ond wyrmas swa hatte <i>pesticide</i>. Ond
guðlyftcræftas foron wið Mosul ond Kirkûk ond Tikrît. Ond Saddâm Hussein wæs
Takrîtisc, ond Mosul in Arabisce rihte hatte Al Mawsil. Ond Americisce foron of
Basra to Al Qurnah. Ond giet wæs gefeoht æt Basra. Ond Americisce cwomon to
Karbalâ' þe is halig stede þara Shî`iscena ond in geare .mcmxci. Saddâmes here
swiðe derede hit.
  <br>- Ond Peshmerga ond Americisce sundorfyrdmenn foron to suðan of hira
beorgum ond wæs gefeoht neah ond suð Arbîl ceastre. Ond Turkland sendede .xxx.
þusend manna to Iraq-mearce ond wæs wen oðres gewinnes, for þæm þe Turkland ne
wysceþ þæt weorþe freo Kurdland. God macie rihtne ende. Ond guðlyftcræftas foron
wið þæm þritig þusend Iraqiscum Republiciscum Weardum þe weriaþ ymb Baghdâd. Ond
neah Karbalâ' man asceat Apache wingwindend ond Iraq feng his twegen scipmenn.
Ond guðlyftcræftas slogon þone Iraqiscan here æt Kirkûk ond æt Mosul.
  <br>- xxiv d: Her ongann strang sandstorm in Iraqes middanlande ond suþlande
ond hit rann dæg ond healf, ond forþý menn ne mihton seon wel ond þæt gefeoht
wearþ gedered. Ond wæs þunor ond regen in wéstenne. Ond wæs wen heardes
gefeohtes ymb Baghdâd, ond sum segde þæt Saddâm bebeod þæt his here werie
Baghdâd mid atorwæpnum ond seocneswæpnum: ac God sie geþancod þæt þis ne wearþ,
for þæm þe wæs pleoh þæt wind bære þæt ator to þæm Baghdâdwarum. Ond sume
Americisce cwomon þurh Nâsirîya to norþan togeanes Al Kût þe geo hatte Kût al
Imâra. Ond Bryttisce sæfyrdmenn foron andlang Tigris-ea togeanes Al Kût. Ond þa
Wéstennrættas<i>1)</i> giet wæron in heardum gefeohte ymb Basra ond wæs wen
dyrste for þæm Basrawarum. Ond fyftig Iraqisce scriðdracan foron of Basra ond þa
Wéstennrættas ofslogon twentig hira. Ond seo fyrd heoldon .mmmd. Iraqisce hæftas
ond hæfde acwelled .d. Iraqisce heremenn.
  <br>- Her æt Akazi wice in Badghis scire in Afghanistane wæs folcgefeoht ond
.xxvi. feohtendas wurdon ofslægene ond .xxxviii. oðre.
  <br>- xxv d: Her sume Basraware sohton feohtan wið Saddâmes mannum. Ond þa Umm
Qasrware mæredon, æfter þæt seo fyrd ofsloh oþþe utdrifon ealle Saddâmes herges
þe wæron þærinne. Ond in Basra Saddâmes menn scuton æt manigum Basrawarum. Ond
þa Westennrættas sendedon gestyrede fyrsperu to fordónne þa fyrwæpen Saddâmes,
ond hie eac fordyde Basran Ba`þbold.
  <br>- Ond giet dyferas worhton to findanne ond ánimanne utberstendas of Umm
Qasr hyðwætre ond `Abd Allâh fléote, ond heolpon hie twegen þæs cynnes lytelra
hwala þe in Niwenglisce hatte <i>dolphin</i> ond in Boclædene <i>delphinus</i>.
  <br>- xxv-xxvi niht: Her wæs heard gefeoht east Najafe in sandstorme ond man
ofsloh .cl. oþþe .ccc. Iraqisce heremenn.
  <br>- xxvi d: Her Wéstennrættas fuhton wið heremannum ond
<i>paramilitariis</i> Saddâmes þe forbugaþ of Basran.
  <br>- Ond wæs gefeoht æt Ash Shatrah on þæm wege þe scytt of Nâsirîya to Al
Kût.
  <br>- Ond Iraqisce menn ond scriðdracan foron of Basra togeanes Al Fâw næsse
ond seo fyrd fohte wið him ond ofsloh .xiv. scriðdracan ond seo fyrd ahte
wælstowe gewald.
  <br>- Ond man segde þæt her in Baghdâde þurh misgelimpe twegen Americisce
fyrsperu slogon Al Sha`ab ceapstow ond acwelledon .xiv. oððe maran. Ac sume
secgaþ þæt Iraqisce scuton hit to þæs þe þa Americisce þyncen beon gyltige, oþþe
Iraqisce scuton hit uppe togeanes lyftcræfte ond hit feoll ongean to grunde.
  <br>- Ond æt Karbala Americisce fuhton wið þære Madîna <i>divisione</i> þara
IRG. Ond Americisce foron norð of An Nâsirîya to Qal`at Sukkâr ond IRG foron suð
of Al Kût, ond wæs wen gefeohtes. Ond se IRG hæfþ þrie <i>divisiones</i>, ond
hie hataþ Madîna ond Baghdâdî ond Hammurabi.
  <br>- xxvii d: Her manige IRG foron of Baghdâde wið þæm Americiscum, ond hie
hopodon þæt þa Apache wingwindendas ne mihten fleogan þurh sandstorme. Ac on
þissum dæge se sandstorm endode.
  <br>- Ond þusend Americisce flugon of Italiam ond feallhleowodon<i>2)</i> in
regne to lyftfelde æt Bashur neam Arbîl in Kurdlande, to þæs þe fyrdmenn ond
Peshmerga mihten faran þanon wið Baghdâde of norðan.
  <br>- Ond seo fyrd fuhton æt Samâwa-brycge wið .m. Iraqiscum gehatenum
<i>Fidâ'îyîn</i>, ond eac wæs gefeoht æt An Nâsirâya. Ond wæs gefeoht æt
Dîwânîya.
  <br>- Ond þæt Bryttisce scipfyrde ládberend Sir Galahad wolde cuman to Umm
Qasr mid fode ond wætre ond gewædum ond hwítelum for þæm landwarum, ac hit ne
mihte forþý sum fand twegen utberstendas in wætre in `Abd Allâh fléote. Ond geo
Sir Galahad wæs in gefeohte æt Falkland-iegum.
  <br>- Ond þa Westennrættas ymbsettedon Basra buton on norþeastan ond is wen
hungres þærinne, ond Basraware ongunnon cuman utan of Basran. Ond seo fyrd feng
Basra lyfthyðe ond feorrseoungbold. Ond seo fyrd macode wæter-ǣdre of
Kuwaite to Umm Qasr to þæs þe þa landware mihten drincan.
  <br>- Ond æt Nâsirîya Americisce fengon Iraqiscne <i>general</i> herges in his
hame.
  <br>- Ond Kurdas foron to westan neah Chamchamal ond Kirkûk ond þa Iraqisce
aeodon ean gefeohte.
  <br>- xxviii d: Her in Serbiam æweardas fand þæt lic þæs Ivan Stambolic in
wealde on Fruska Gora beorge ond ærra he wæs foresittend Serbiae ond Slobodan
Milosevic awearp him of his rice.
  <br>- On þissum dæge in geare .mcmlxviii. forðferde Yuri Gagarin se mæra
woruldrummann þonne his MiG-15 lyftcræft feng to spinnunge ond feoll on grund,
ond menn segdon þæt hit sloh fuglas oððe cierrede swiðe hraðe to onscunianne sum
þing in lyfte.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuþ þæt se KGB fand þæt þæt wæs forleogung ond þæt soð wæs
þæt his deaþ wæs þurh wanhydignesse lyftfyrdbidderes on grunde, for þæm þe séo
fleogung þorfte gód weder ond þæt se lyftcræft ne hæbbe útoran fyr-ele-fatu, ac
se lyftfyrdbiddere gaf ealdne weder-ærend ond wolcen wæs neah grunde ond se
lyftcræft hæfde útoran fyrelefatu under his fiðrum.
  <br>- Her wearþ gehalgod niw great Sikhisc hearg Gurdwara Sri Singh Sabha in
Súþhále<i>3)</i> in Lundene ond he is se greatost þe nis in Indiam.
  <br>- Her seo fyrd ongann brucan Tallîl lyftfeld neah Nâsirîya ond sume nu
nemnaþ hit `Bush International Airport'.
  <br>- Her wæs utberstung in Shula ceapstowe in Baghdâde ond Iraq segde þæt hit
acwellede fyftig.
  <br>- Her Iraq sceat fyrsperu ond hit feoll on Kuwaites særiman ond derede
ceapbold.
  <br>- Her Americisce ahton dǣl Nâsirîya ceastre. Ond in seochuse þær
hie fundon tintregbúre.
  <br>- Her manige Basraware forflugon of Basra ond Iraqisce heremenn scuton
togeanes sumum hira.
  <br>- Her þæt scip Sir Galahad cwom to Umm Qasr hyðe.
  <br>- Her neah Halabja Peshmerga ond Americisce sundorfyrdmenn ond lyftcræft
fuhton wið þæm Ansâr al Islam ond seo fyrd ahte wælstowe gewald ond ofslogon
manige Ansâr al Islam ond adraf þa oðran of hira locan. Ond .xxii. Peshmergan
aswulton ond maran þonne .lx. wurdon gewundode, ond .ccl. þæs Ansâr al-Islam
aswulton, ond twegen wurdon gefangene, ond sume acwelledon hira sylfe mid
utberstendum, ond .cl. afliemdon to Irane ond man segde þæt Iran feng hie. Ond
þær in holum man fand ator-odene ond swiðe manige gewritene ond scyrwunga for
atorlyftguðe ond Al Qaedan gewritene. Ond in þæm locan sind manige þyrel under
grunde. Ond se Peshmerga fór west ymb Kirkûk ond Mosul.
  <br>- Her Bryttisce sæfyrdmenn fóron in batum in Basra fléot ond deredon mid
utberstendum ond hamorum ealle Iraqisce fyrwæpnbátas Saddâmes þe hie fundon.
  <br>- Her in Basra Bryttisce ascuton gemót Ba`þmægenwerodes mid fyrspere ond
hit ofsloh .cc. riciendas þæs Ba`þes.
  <br>- Ond Bryttisce foron mid scriðdracum in Abu al Khasîb ceastre þe is rima
Basran ond fuhton þær fyftiene stunda ond ahton wælstowe gewald ond heoldon þone
stede, ond in his æweardbolde hie fundon tintregbúre. Ond hie tobrucon þara
Fidâ'îyîn heafodbold ond twa stanene gelicnesse Saddâmes ond oðre þing. Ond seo
fyrd feng Az Zubair ond .cc. þusend wuniaþ þær. Ond þæt word Fidâ'îyîn segþ þa
þe weorþaþ blótunga ond in Niwenglisce oft hatte <i>fedayeen</i>, ond án hira
hatte Fidâ'î.
  <br>- Ond in Baghdâdes suðwestan Apache wingwindendas ofslogon .lv. IRG oððe
maran. Ond her Americisce wæron neah Karbalâ' ond æt Ad Dîwânîya ond æt Qal`at
Sukkar ond Bryttisce wæron neah Al Qurna ond ymb Basra.
  <br>- Ond ymb Baghdâd þære fyrde lyftcræft sáre slogon þa Madîna ond Baghdâdî
hloða þara IRG. Ond æt Hindîya east of Karbalâ' seo fyrd fohte for
Hindîya-brycge wið þære Nebuchadnezzar-hloðe þara IRG ond ahte wælstowe gewald
ond hie moton gan ofer him to cumanne to Baghdâde. Ond hie segdon þæt hie fundon
atorlyftguðsyrwunga neah Nâsirîya, ac æfterra man fand þæt hit wæs for þæm
<i>pesticide</i>. Ond Iraqes þeodtogan segdon þæt þæt gefeoht for Baghdâde will
beon swa Stalingrad.
  <br>- xxix d: Her in Iraqe in Rumaila elefelde Bryttisce fyrdmenn fuhton wiþ
.ccc. oððe .cd. Iraqiscum ond acwelledon .xvii. Iraqisce scriðdracan ond fyf
greate fyrwæpn.
  <hr><b>1)</b> Desert Rats.
  <br><b>2)</b> <i>feallhléo</i> = parachute; <i>-ian</i> makes verb.
  <br><b>3)</b> Southall. The name means "southern nook of land".

  <hr><A NAME="Y03APR"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Eastermonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- In þissum monaðe seo niwa seocnesse SARS wæs strang in Cinalandes
underricum Guangdong ond Shanxi ond in Beijing, ond in Hong Kong.
  <br>- Ond in þissum monaþe Norþkorea onwæcnode his cyrnofen to macianne
<i>electricitatem</i> þurh wanan eles ond to macianne </i>plutonium</i> to
macianne cyrnwæpn ond wearþ wiðstandung þeoda ymb þis.
  <br>- i d: Her Americisce sæfyrd fuhton wið þæm IRG ymb Karbalâ' þrie stunda
ond ahte wælstowe gewald ond ymbsettede þa ceaster. Ond hie fuhton wið þæm IRG
æt Ad Dîwânîya ond ofslogon .lxxx. oððe maran ond fengon maran þonne .xl.. Ond
wæs gefeoht æt Al Hindîya. Ond in seochuse æt Nâsirîya hie ahreddedon Jessica
Lynch ond heo wæs in American fyrde ond man feng hie on .xxiii. dæge. Ond man
bær hie to Ramstein in Germaniam, ond heo wunað æt Palestine wice in West
Virginia underrice. Ond æt Al Kût hie feng brycg þe scytt ofer Tigris-ea ond
fordyde Baghdâdî-hloðe þæs IRG. Ac hie ne wyscaþ feohtan in Karbalâ' middan for
þæm þe Karbalâ' is swiðe halig to þæm Shî`iscum ond þærinne is se `Alî-masjid.
  <br>- ii d: Her Americisce foron to norðan betweox Karbalâ' ond Bahr al Milh
lace (þe segþ Sealtsæ) ond sume fengon Musayyib-brycge ofer Euphrates-ea ond
wæron twentig mila of Baghdâde. Ond sume foron to norþan betweox Bahr al Milh
ond Euphrates. Ond sume foron of Al Kût to westan andlang Tigrises norþernan
riman. Ond hie findon twa As-Samoud fyrsperu neah Al Hillah. Ond hie sohton ne
alyfian þæt manige IRG afliemen to Baghdâde to dennum ongemang boldum. Ond man
segde þæt seo Madîna-hloð þæs IRG wæs gederod.
  <br>- Her Bryttisce fyrdmenn fundon tintregbúre in Abu al Khasîb þe is rima
Basran. Ond wæs heard gefeoht in Az Zubayr. Ond þearf þæt delfendscip weorce in
Umm Qasr hyðe fore þæt micle ládscipu magen gan þider to bringanne fod.
  <br>- Her neah Karbalâ' man asceat Americiscne Apache wingwindend ond seofon
his scipmanna aswulton ond feower wurdon gewundode. Ond Americisce Hellcat
guðlyftcræft asceat Americiscne FA18 guðlyftcræft. Ond seo Hammurabi hloð þæs
IRG eode to suðan to werianne Baghdâd.
  <br>- iii d: Her Americisce cwomon to rimum Baghdâdes of suðwestan ond of
suðeastan. Ond Peshmerga and sume Americisce foron to westan ymb Mosul. Ond
Americisce sæfyrd fohte wið IRG æt Al `Azîzîya. Ond Americisce sundorfyrdmenn
flugon to Þarþâr cynehealle Saddâmes on riman Þarþâr-meres, ac hie ne findon
mann þærinne, ac hie anomon gewritene; ond in Arabisce Þarþâr segþ Felaspræce.
Ond æt Musayyibe Americisce macodon brycge báta ofer þære ea be þære ealdre
brycge.
  <br>- iii-iv d: Her Americisce fengon Baghdâdes lyfthýðe, ond .mm. oððe .mmm.
Iraqisce heremenn aswulton in gefeohte þær. Ond .mmd. þære Baghdâd-hloðe þæs IRG
gieldedon æt Al Kût. Ond man fand atorguðleornungstede æt Latifîya þe is suð
Baghdâde. Ond seo fyrd ongann <i>radio</i>sendungstede Radio Nahrain in Irâqes
suðan, ond Nahrain segþ Twá Éa, ond þæt ealde nama Mesopotamia in Grecisce segþ
Middan-éa-land. Ond Americisce foron þurh Baghdâde of suðan to Tigris-ea riman
ond æfterra to westan to þære lyfthyðe, ond wæs gefeoht, ond maran þonne þusend
þæs herges wurdon ofslægene. Ond seo fyrd feng twegen heafodlocan þara IRG, ond
án wæs æt Suwayra ond án wæs on Baghdâdes suðwesternan riman. Ond sume þæs
Ba`þes ond þara IRG eodon of Baghdâde to Syriam.
  <br>- v d: Her se Peshmerga fohte wið Iraqiscum æt `Ain Sifnî ceastre norþ
Mosule ond ahte wælstowe gewald ond án þæs Peshmergan wearþ ofslægen. Ond
betweox Ain Sifnî ond Mosul is Khorsabad þe geo hatte Dur Sharrukin. Ond neah
Mosule wæs Nineveh þe geo rihte in Assyrisce hatte Ninua. Ond æt Bartala
Iraqisce settedon micle fyrwæpn in Chaldeiscum Cristnum mynstre, ond þær seo
fyrd ne mihton þurhgan forðy hie ne wyscaþ derian halig mynstre mid utberstungum
swa man geo dyde æt Monte Cassino in Italiam.
  <br>- Her in herges bolde in Az Zubayr Bryttisce fyrdmenn fundon ealde bán
hundræda manna. Ond þyncþ þæt manige hira wæron ascotene in heafdum.
  <br>- vi d: Her manige Americisce foron þurh Musayyib to Baghdâde. Ond
Americisc lyftcræft cwom to Baghdâd lyfthyðe.
  <br>- Her æt Karbalâ' seo fyrd fohte wið Fidâ'îyîn ond ofsloh .lxxv. hira. Ond
seo fyrd fohte wið Fidâ'îyîn æt odene on Baghdâdes suðwesternan riman.
  <br>- Her neah Mosul in Kurdistane þurh misgelimpe oððe wanhydignesse
Americisce guðlyftcræft ofsloh .xiv. þæs Peshmergan ond þreo Americisce ond ánne
mann þæs Bryttiscan BBC.
  <br>- Her Americisce fundon atoldædwyrcena scol on Salmân Pâk næsse in
cierrunge Tigris-ea. Ond hie þohton þæt hie fundon atorlyfte neah Hindîya.
  <br>- vii d: Her Americisce foron þurh Baghdâdes middan ond þeodtogena lande
ond wæs heard gefeoht. Ond sume hira gebidon in Saddâmes cynehealle gehatenre
Republiciscre. Ond Americisce sæfyrdmenn wæron in heardum gefeohte for Diyala ea
brycgum. Ond Americisce þohton þæt hie fundon atorlyft æt Abû Muhâwish þe is
neah Baghdâdes suðernan riman.
  <br>- Her þa Wéstennrættas ond seo Bryttisca sæfyrd fengon Basra buton þære
ealdan ceastre. Ond in æfne Bryttisce feallhleomenn fengon þa ealdan ceastre.
Þis wæs mid lytlum gefeohte. Ond in Basran þuhte on woge þæt man fand þæt lic
þæs `Alî Hasan al Majîd þe eac hatte Chemical Ali, ond he wæs Saddâmes
swéor<i>1)</i>, ond he rixode Basra. Ond in geare .mcmlxxxviii. he acwellede
.mmm. Kurdas in Halabja mid atorlyfte. Ond in Basra carcerne hie fundon
tintregbúre.
  <br>- Her Bush foresittend þæs USA ond Blair fyrmestscealc Bretlandes metton
in Hillsborough Castle in Beal Féirste in Norþiralande to sprecanne ymb Iraq.
  <br>- viii d: Her in Baghdâde Americisce scriðdracan foron on Jumhûrîya brycge
ond wearþ gefeoht, ond Americisce foron in Baghdâd begeondan Tigris-ea. Ond
guðlyftcræftas slogon bold in Mansûr to secanne acwellan Saddâm. Ond hie fengon
Rashîd guðlyftfeld east Baghdâde.
  <br>- Her in Basra menn eodon in þæt heafodbold þara Mukhâbarât, þe sind
dyrn-æweardas, ond þærinne hie fundon manige carcernebúra ond tintregbúra. Ond
hira nama secþ Reccunga.
  <br>- Ond in guðe hæfdon aswolten .xxx. Bryttisce ond .xci. Americisce.
  <br>- ix d: Her in Gaza Israhelisce ascuton Sa`d al Arbeed mid fyrspere ond
feower mid him in wægne, ond he wæs heah in þæm Hamas ond lædde manige
weargdæda.
  <br>- Her Americisce fengon eall Baghdâdes midde, ond þa Baghdâdware mæredon
ond tobrucon manige gelicnessa Saddâmes. Ac hie ne fundon Saddâm. Ond eac wæs
great mærung in Sulaymânîya for þissum. Ond Americisce drifon under þæm Twæm
Sweordum þær oft Saddâmes here draf. Ond wearþ ende rices Saddâmes ond þæs
Ba`þes, ond he rixode .xxv. gearu, ond he wearð acenned in Al Awja wice neam
Tikrît, ond se Ba`þ rixode .xl. gearu. Ond geo Saladin wearþ acenned æt Tikrît.
  <br>- Her in Iraqe se Peshmerga feng beorg þe weraþ Mosul.
  <br>- x d: Her .xxviii. cildru aswulton in fyre in déafra cildra scole in
Makhachkala in Dagestane in Russiam, ond .xx. wurdon gewundode oððe maran.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuþ þæt se lyftcræft Concorde nill fleogan æfterra
Winterfylleðe geares .mmiii.
  <br>- Her wæs gefeoht ymb Imâm al Adham masjid ond seo fyrd sohte Saddâm
þærinne. Ond Saddâmes here alætte Mosul.
  <br>- Her se Peshmerga feng Kirkûk. Ond hie eac fengon Khânaqîn ond Altin
Köprü (þe in Turkisce segþ Goldbrycg, ond hit eac hatte Pirdê) ond Tûz Khurmâtû.
Ond hie foron west of Kirkûke betweox Mosule ond Tikrîte. Ond in ǣrrum
gearum Saddâm utwearp of Kirkûklande manige Kurdas ond Turkomanas ond Assyrisce
Cristnas, ond is wen folcgefeohtes þonne hie secaþ cuman ongean to hira hámum.
  <br>- Abdul Majid al-Khoei wæs heah in þæm Iraqiscum Shî`iscum Muslimum, ond
in þissum wuce he eode of Lundene to Najaf to secanne lædan his folc, ond his
folc mæredon. Ac on þissum dæge he wæs mid Haider al-Kadar to macianne frið, ond
se al-Kadar ærra worhte mid Saddâme. Ond sume þæs folces wurdon ierremode æt
þissum ond ofslogon begen mid seaxum ond sweordum neah þæm swiðe haligan
`Alî-masjide in Najafe. God bringe frið ond rihtne ende.
  <br>- Ond eac in Iraqes suðlande sind eac Cristnas gehatene Chaldeisce, ond in
hira haligum begongum hie giet brucað þæt Aramaicisce gereord. Ond man segþ þæt
in beorgum in Syriam sind sume wic þe giet sprecaþ Aramaicisce.
  <br>- xi d: Her Kurdas ond Americisce fengon Mosul. Ond se Peshmerga gieldede
Kirkûkes gewald to Americiscum, for þæm þe Turkland ne alyfede þæt weorþe freo
Kurdistan þe hæfþ ele-feld, for þæm þe Turkland ne wysceþ þæt Turklandes Kurdas
ongean secen weorþan freo mid Iraqes Kurdum, swa sume hataþ <i>irredentism</i>.
  <br>- Ond in þissum dagum manige Iraqisce ceasterware hergodon ond beréafodon
manige hus weligra ond bold Saddâmes þeodtogena, ond æfterra seochus ond oðre,
ond dydon swiðe micelne hearm, ond næs æweard, ond næs æ, buton þæm þe þa
Americisce ond Bryttisce mihton macian, ond þæm þe ceasterware mihton macian to
werianne hira æht, for þæm þe ærra se Ba`þ wæs seo æ. Ond Ayatollah `Alî Sîstânî
ond oðre <i>imâm</i>as lagodon <i>fatâwa</i><i>2)</i> þæt man ne stele ond ealle
þisra þeofa sculon beran þa gestolene to masjidum for wene þæt man magen eft
gifan hie to hira ágerum.
  <br>- xii d: Her Americisce fengon Al Kût. Ond Arabas fuhton wið Kurdum in
Mosule ond .xx. wurdon ofslægene. Ond Americisce werode þa westwegas þe sceotaþ
to Syriam, for þæm Saddâmes þeodtogan ne magen aflieman to Syriam. Ond
Americisce sundorfyrdmenn foron of norðan to Jabal Hamrin beorgum ac ne mihton
gan furdor.
  <br>- Her in Baghdâde Americisce fundon .xl. utberstendhemeðu in scole.
  <br>- xiii d: Her in Tembi dæle þe geo hatte Tempê in Greclande folcberend
wegn feoll of clife ond .xx. cildru aswulton ond .xxx. wurdon gewundode.
  <br>- Her Americisce sæfyrdmenn foron of Baghdâde to Tikrît ond fuhton þær wið
.mm. Saddâmes herges. Ond þenden hie cwomon nea Samarrâ' hie fundon seofon
Americisce þe wæron hæftas Iraqiscra þrie wuca ond Iraqisce fengon hie neah
Nâsirîya.
  <br>- Her America warnode Syriam ne beon hleow for Saddâmes cynne ond þegnum.
  <br>- Her æt Rabia neam Mosule man feng Watban at-Tikrîtî ond he is Saddâmes
healfbroðor.
  <br>- xv d: Her eodon fore deman in þæm Old Bailey in Lundene Ian Huntley ond
Maxine Carr for morðre þara twegra cildra in Sǣgháme<i>3)</i> in
Grantabrycgscire in Englalande in Weodmonaþe geares .mmii.
  <br>- In þissum wuce in Brytene wæs wind of Sahara-westenne ond weder wearþ
wearmora þonne wæs in Eostermonaþe in Brytene siððan þa wederwritunga ongunnon.
  <br>- Her æt þære ealdan ceastre Ur neah Tallîl lyftfelde neam Nâsirîya
wæs gemot to onginanne gerædan hu man scule rixian Iraq.
  <br>- Her in Baghdâde Americisce sundorfyrdmenn fengon Abû `Abbâs ond he wæs
Palestinisc dyrnfrecaheretoga ond in geare .mcmlxxxv. he ond þreo mid him fengon
þæt Italisce scip Achille Lauro swa gísl.
  <br>- Her in Al Fâw Bryttisce fyrdmenn ongunnon delfan þær ærra wæs great
gelicnesse Saddâmes ond man segde þæt wæs þærunder gebyrged carcern ond sind
hæftas þærinne.
  <br>- Her man brohte þone Iraqiscan cnapan `Alî Ismâ'îl `Abbâs of Baghdâde to
Nâsirîya in Blæcheafoce sceotendwingwindende ond þanon in lyftcræfte to seochuse
in Kuwaite for læcnunge ond he is twelf gearu eald ond he forleas his earmas ond
wearþ sare gebyrned þonne Americisc fyrspere sloh his cynnes hus.
  <br>- xvi d: Her Americisce sundorfyrdmenn fengon Barzan Ibrâhîm al-Hasan
al-Tikrîtî ond he is Saddâmes healfbroðor.
  <br>- xvii d: Her in Niger-eamuðum in Nigeriae sind elewyllan in sæ ond
þærinne Sigelwaralandisce elewyllwyrcan macodon þæt þe in Niwenglisce hatte
strícunge ond fengon .xcvii. ellorlandisce elewyllwyrcan swa gislas ond heoldon
hie manige dagas. Ond of þisre eleceapunge cumaþ swiðe manige sceattas ac feawe
þara sceatta cumaþ to þæm landwarum. Ond þa gislas wurdon freo on .ii. dæge
Þrimilcemonaþes.
  <br>- xviii d: Her in Baghdâde Imal Husayn `Abdallâh al-Ani gielded his sylfne
ond he wæs in Saddâmes atorlyft-odenum.
  <br>- xix d: Her in þæm USA driferas folcberendra lyftcræfta ongunnon beran
fyrwæpen.
  <br>- Her in Lundene forðferde Mirza Tahir Ahmad, ond he wæs se feowerþan
<i>Khâlifat ul Masîh</i> þæs Muslimiscan <i>sectus</i> þe hatte Ahmadi, ond hit
segþ Rendraca<i>6)</i> þæs Messian. Ond sind .xx. <i>million</i>as Ahmadisce ond
mæst dǣl hira sind in Pakistane. Ond hie geleofaþ þæt Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
his ealdfæder wæs niw witega æfter Muhammade witegan, ond he wearþ acenned in
geare .mdcccxxxv. ond he forþferde in geare .mcmviii., ond in geare
.mdccclxxxix. in Qadian in Punjabe he ongann þone Ahmadiscan <i>sectus</i>. Ond
hie geleofaþ þæt Mirza Ghulam Ahmad wæs se Messiah ond eac se Hinduisca god
Krishna in lichaman. Ond in þære Hinduiscan haligan writunge Bhagavadgîtâ
Krishna segde þæt he will cuman ongean to mannum. Ac oþre Muslimas secgaþ þæt þa
Ahmadisce ne sind treowe Muslimas ond þæt Muhammad wæs se æftemest witega Godes.
  <br>- Her in Baghdâde Iraqisce æweardas fengon Hikmat al-Azzawi ond he
wæs Saddâmes ricscealc for sceattum.
  <br>- Her in Baghdâde Khala Khair al-Salahat gieldede his sylf ond he wæs in
þæm Abu Nidal.
  <br>- Her in Basra cildru ongunnon eft gan to scole, ond ærra his tæceretoga
lange werode his scol mid his boldgíemeres AK47 wið þéofum.
  <br>- xxi d: Her neah Dhaka in Bangladeshe bat sanc in storme ond fyftig
adruncon oððe maran.
  <br>- Her in Al Hilla in Iraqe man feng Muhammad Hamza al-Zubayh ond ærra he
wæs Iraqes fyrmestscealc.
  <br>- Her in Baghdâde Americisce fyrdmenn fundon .dc. <i>million</i>as
Americiscra <i>dollar</i>a in wealle.
  <br>- Her neah Abu Ghraib carcerne neam Baghdâde man fand .cmxciii. gebyrgede
lic þe Saddâmes ric acwellede.
  <br>- Ond neah Basra man fand þa lic twegra Bryttiscra fyrdmanna þe wurdon
ofslægene oððe gefangene neah Az Zubayr on .xxiii. dæge Hreðmonaðes geares
.mmiii..
  <br>- Her ond in æfterdagum wæs se Muslimisca monað Muharram ond maran þonne
<i>million</i> Shî`isce fóron for <i>peregrination</i>e to Karbalâ' to
gnornianne Husain ond Hasan suno Fâtiman, ond seo Fâtima wæs þæt ána
oferlibbende cild Muhammades witegan, ond in geare .dcxl. man ofsloh Husayn æt
Karbalâ'-feldum in gefeohte for þæs Khâlifa<i>4)</i>-rices yrfescipe, for þæm þe
þonne forðferde Muhammad, hine oferlifdon Fâtima ond his þrie gesweostor ond
hira eafora ac nænige suno ond nænige gebroðru, ac his niehst oferlibbende cynn
þurh menn wæs þurh eam, ond of þissum wurdon manige geflitu for þæm
Khâlifascipe. Ond þeos gnornung ond <i>peregrinatio</i> wæron unæwlice þenden
Saddâm rixode.
  <br>- xxiii d: Her wæs heahfolccyre in Nigeriam ond Olusegun Obasanjo heald
his ric.
  <br>- Her seo niwa seocnesse SARS cwom to Toronto.
  <br>- Her in Iraqe man feng Muzahim Sa`b al-Hassan Tikrîtî ond Gen. Zuhayr
Talib `Abd-al-Sattar ond Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih ond Salim Said Khalaf
al-Jumayli, ond on .xxiv. dæge Tariq `Azîz, ond hie ealle wæron ricscealcas
Saddâmes.
  <br>- xxv d: Her in Iraqe neah Syria-mearce man feng Farouk Hijazi ond he wæs
ricscealc Saddâmes, ond in geare .mcmxciii. he macode gerædunge to acwellanne
George Bush foresittend Americae.
  <br>- Her in Suðafricam dema sendede Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to carcerne for
miclum swicdomum sceatta, ond ærra heo wæs wif Nelsones Mandelan ac hie
getwæmdon.
  <br>- xxvi d: Oð þisne dæg .mmmdc. wurdon seoce mid SARS ond .cclxiv. aswulton
mid SARS.
  <br>- Cinalandisc undersæscip wæs east Neichangshan iegum in Geolu-sæ ond eall
his seofontig-gerim scipmanna aswulton þurh wanan lyfte ond .xiv. oþre. Ond on
þissum dæge fiscere fand hit, ond oþ þisne dæg ne mann cneow þæt þis gelamp. Ond
sume secgaþ þæt þæs scipes innoþ wearþ full his scufendes utblawungum.
  <br>- Her æt Zaafaranîya on Baghdâdes suðernan riman sume fuhton wið
Americiscum weardum héddærnes fyrwæpna ond fyrspera ond scuton bærnende scotunge
innan ond wearþ fyr ond manige þara wæpna utburston ond .xii. aswulton oððe
maran, ond sume Iraqisce ond <i>imâm</i>as on wóge leahtrodon Americisce for
þissum. Ond sume segdon þæt .xl. aswulton.
  <br>- Ond in þara Mukhâbarâta heafodbolde in Baghdâde man fand gewritene þe
segdon þæt Saddâm worhte mid Osama Bin Laden.
  <br>- Ond æt Ba`îjî þe is norþ Tikrîte Americisce fundon þæt þe þohte beon
atorwæpna oden, ac æfterra man fand þæt hit næs.
  <br>- xxvii d: Her utberstung in Jakarta lyfthyðe wundode siex oððe maran.
  <br>- Her man stæl þrie fægunga of Hwítworþ-fægungbolde in Mameceastre in
Englalande, ond hira weorð is maran þonne <i>million</i> punda, ac in æfterdagum
man fand hie.
  <br>- Her wearð widcuþ þæt man will tæcan sume Israhelisce cildru þa
Germaniscan gereorde, ond sume Germanisce cildru þa Ebreiscan gereorde, ond
swylc næfre wæs ær.
  <br>- Her in Akazi wice in Badghis scire in Afghanistane wæs folcgefeoht ond
aswulton .xxvi. fyrdmenn ond .xxxviii. oðre.
  <br>- xxviii d: Her Saddâm Hussein wearþ .lxvi. gearu eald, gif he giet lifde.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuþ þæt sume in Baghdâde habbaþ .d. cista æhta þe man stæl
of Baghdâdes <i>museum</i>, ond hie segdon þæt to nerianne hie woldon healdan
hie oððæt Iraq hæfþ niwe rixiendas.
  <br>- Her twa-hund-gerim métton in Baghdâde to gerædanne hu man scule rixian
Iraq.
  <br>- xxix d: Ymb þissum dæge Americae lyftfyrd eodon of Sultan Æþeling
lyftfelde neam Riyadh to al-Udeid lyftfelde in Qatar.
  <br>- Her in Brytene endode wæpn<i>amnestia</i> ond þenden hit rann man
gieldede .xxvm. fyrwæpen to æweardum.
  <br>- Her in Iraqe Rashid al-`Ubaidî gieldede his sylfne ond he wæs Saddâmes
ele-ricscealc.
  <br>- Her in Fallûja in Iraqe Iraqisce stodon ymb sumum Americiscum ond sum
sceat ond sume Americisce scuton ond .xiii. Iraqisce aswulton. Ond æfterra man
segde þæt America þearf gieldan weregield for þæm.
  <br>- Her in Tel Avive twegen sohton macian utberstunga to acwellanne menn ond
eac hira sylfe. Ond hira wæron Pakistanisc cynn, ac be æwe hie wæron Bryttisce.
Ond sum hira speow ond he wunode æt Hundeshlæwe<i>5)</i> in Lundene. Ond sum
hira abreað ond he wunode æt Djúrabý<i>7)</i>. Swylc yfel is in maðelungum sumra
<i>masjid</i>preosta. Ond in æfterdagum in Brytene æweardas fengon sume for
þissum in Djúrabýscire ond in Lundene.
  <br>- xxx d: Her Nelson Mandela eode to Burundi, ond Lindiwe Sisulu
dyrnandgietscealc Suðafricae, to secanne macian frið betweox þæm Hutu ond þæm
Tutsi. Ond in Burundi þreo in æghwylcum twentig sind Tutsisce, ac þa Tutsisce
rixiaþ.
  <hr><b>1)</b> cousin.
  <br><b>2)</b> Arabic plural of <i>fatwa</i>.
  <br><b>3)</b> Soham (Cambs.). The name means "swampy-pool homestead".
  <br><b>4)</b> (Arabic) caliph.
  <br><b>5)</b> Hounslow (= "Hound's mound") and Derby (Old Norse, = "animal
dwelling-place").
  <br><b>6)</b> substitute.
  <br><b>7)</b> Derby. The name is Old Norse for "animal dwelling".

  <hr><A NAME="Y03MAY"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Ðrimilcemonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- Ond giet is hungor ond deað in Dem.Rep.Congo landes eastdǣle, ond
wealdherges fordóþ þæt land, ond sume secgaþ þæt in fyf gearum .mc. þusenda
aswulton þær þurh hungor ond seocnesse þe cumaþ of guðe, swa segþ seo haliga boc
</i>Revelatio</i> ymb þa feower horsmenn. Ond sume secgaþ þæt <i>million</i>as
aswulton ond þæt in þæm lande wearþ deaðtid swa se <i>Holocaustus</i>.
  <br>- i d: Her fore sunnupgonge wæs eorþstyren ymb Bingol in Turkisce
Kurdinstane, ond his miht wæs Richter 6.4, ond .cxiv. aswulton oððe maran, ond
.xix. þara aswulton in Korkmaz wuniungbolde. Ond .cl. cildru wurdon gebyrgede in
sleopungrumum in Celtiksuyu scole ond .lxxxiv. hira aswulton. Ond in æfterdagum
sume burgware fuhton wiþ æweardum.
  <br>- Her Israheles fyrd fór in Shijaia ceastre neah Gaza in Gazalande ond
twelf Palestinisce aswulton.
  <br>- Her in Brytene wæs folccyre for ceasterwitenagemota manna.
  <br>- ii d: Ond in Nâsirîya in Iraqe giet wæron swiðe manige <i>funerales</i>
lica þe menn fundon in grunde nea scrine þæs Sa`id Þahab. Ond wæron maran þonne
.d. gebyrgede þær. Ond sum Muhammad Shakir ofsloh ond tintregode mæste hira
þenden Saddâm rixode, ond he eac hatte al-Shafol, þe segþ "seo scofl", ond sum
asceat hine in Baghdâde on .xxviii. dæge Eastermonaðes. Ond her ond in
æfterdagum man fand swylce byrgunga manigra þusenda lica neah Baghdâde ond Al
Hillah ond Basra. Ond sume secgaþ þæt miht beon .cc. þusenda lica. Ond sume hira
wæron gescoten in heafde, ond sume wæron gehangene. Ond manigra hira wæron
Shî`isce þe Saddâmes here ond æweardas ascuton æfter þæt wæs guð in geare
.mcmxci..
  <br>- Her wearþ wen friðes betweox Indiam ond Pakistane.
  <br>- Her se papa eode to Madrid in Hispaniam ond wæs þær dæg ond healf.
  <br>- iv d: Her wearþ wæpngestand in Elpendbánsæriman.
  <br>- Her in Syriam man feng Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash ond gaf hie to þæm
Americiscum. Ond heo eac hatte Mrs.Anthrax ond heo worhte for Saddâmes
seocnesswæpnum.
  <br>- v d: Her in þæm underricum Kansas Missouri Arkansas Tennessee spinnwind
dydon swiðe micelne hearm.
  <br>- vi d: Her forþferde Walter Sisulu, ond he lifde .xc. gearu, ond he fohte
lange mid Nelson Mandela wiþ þæm <i>apartheid</i>e.
  <br>- vii d: Her wearð widcuþ þæt seo seocnesse SARS ofsliehþ anne æghwylcra
fyf þe wurdon seoce mid hire, ond twegen æghwylcra fyf þe sind ieldran þonne
siextig gearu. Ond seo SARS cwom to Russiam.
  <br>- Her in Iraqiscum Kurdistane man fand getogode for crætwægnum ond in him
wæs seocnesswæpen-oden.
  <br>- Her in Baghdâde twegen menn gaf <i>audiotape</i> to Australiscum
ærendwritungmannum ond þara twega stefna wæron Takritisce ond þohte þæt hit bær
Saddâmes stefne ond þæt Saddâm giet lifde.
  <br>- viii d: Her in Morocco wearþ acenned Moulay Hassan sunu cyninges
Muhammades .vi.þan, ond Moulay is his yrfeweard.
  <br>- Her neah Balaton-lace in Hungariam irenweg-gewægnoþ sloh rád-folcberend
þurh bega drifera wanhydignessum ond .xxxiv. aswulton.
  <br>- Her in Atlas-sæ middan twa Bryttisce guðscipu feng bat, ond hit bær
.iii. <i>million</i>as ond .dc. þusend <i>kilogramm</i>as þæs atores
<i>cocaine</i>, ond geo þenden Hitler rixode hit wæs Germanisc
<i>torpedo</i>sceotend.
  <br>- xii d: Her .ix. menn macodon utberstunga gemang Westerniscra hus in
Riyadh in Saudiscra Arabiam, ond ofslogon hira sylfe ond .xxvi. oðre.
  <br>- Her æt Mahawîl neah Babylone in Iraqe man fand .mmm. lica gebyrgede in
anum stede ond Saddâmes ric acwellede hie.
  <br>- xiv d: Her in Westmynstrehealle in Lundene gemetedon .xxxv. þara .xliv.
healdera þære Victoria-róde ond þære George-róde þe giet libbaþ.
  <br>- xvi d: Her Al-Qaedisce macodon fyf utberstunga in Casablanca þe is
Moroccolandes cyneceaster, ond aswulton teon þara wearga ond .xxx. oðre. Ond
sume segde þæt mæg beon þæt þis wæs onwrecung æfter þæt Muhammad .vi. cyning
onfeng sume hearde Islamisce menn.
  <br>- xviii d: Her in Jiddah in Saudiscre Arabiam þreo Moroccisce Al-Qaedisce
sohton fón folcberend lyftscip to fleoganne hit to brecanne torrbold in Riyadh,
ac æweardas fengon hie on grunde.
  <br>- xix d: Her wæs eorþstyren neah Rouiba ceastre on Algeriae særiman ond
his miht wæs Richter 6.7 ond .mmccxvii. aswulton ond .ixm. ond .lxxxvii. wurdon
gewundode ond man ne miht findan .mm.. Ond æt Boumerdes ceastre seochus feoll.
Ond hit wæs seo heardost eorþstyren in Algeriam in márum þonne twentig gearum.
Ond manige land sendon fultum. Ond on .xxvii. dæge wæs strang æfterstyren ond
his miht wæs Richter 5.8 ond hit acwellede .iii. ond wundode .clxxxvii..
  Ymb þisre hergunge   Muhammad Khalfallâh
  wuniende in lande   þær wearþ þes hearm,
  crætwægndrífend   cwæð to mannum:
  "Gif to us ne deaþ bringaþ   dyrnhereweargas
  fyrhtu to dónne,   þonne flod heriaþ,
  ond gif flod ne færð,   þonne seo folde styreþ.
  Ne gesǣlð for us   we seoð æfre.".
  <br>- Her giet wæs gefeoht in Aceh-lande in Indonesiam.
  <br>- Her fiscendbát gehaten Abu Hasan eode of Lebanone secende gan to
Gazalande ond hit bær Ægyptes fanan ond Israheles scipfyrd feng hit ond togode
hit to Haifa ond þærinne hie fundon utberstendas ond .xxxvi. cyrcolwyrda
nearohweol<i>1)</i> þe tǣhton ymb macunge utberstendwæpna. Ond þærinne
hie fengon nigon menn and án hira wæs Hamad Abu Amara ond he is in þæm
Hezbollâh. Ond þis ongean derode þa wén friðes betweox Israhele ond þæm
Palestiniscum.
  <br>- xxiii d: Her in Englalande man demde þæt miht beon þæt þære Europeiscan
Ánnesse þingunga lagiaþ þæt man þearf settan <i>genoma</i>awendede wæstmas þurh
þæt land gif gelǣrede menn ne áfinden þæt þa wæstmas sind
plihtlice.<i>2)</i>
  <br>- xxvi d: Her wæs eorðstyren under sæ neah Miyagi-særiman in Japane ond
his miht wæs Richter 7.0.
  <br>- Her .xli. fyrdmenn ond .xxi. lyftfyrdmenn Hispaniae eodon to hamum of
Kabule ond Ukrainisc lyftcræft bær hie ond his .xiii. scipmenn of Bishkek þe ær
hatte Frunze in Kyrgyzstane to Zaragoza in Hispaniam ond hit sloh hyll neane
Macka ceastre þenden hit sohte cuman to grunde in miste fore sunnupgonge æt
Trabzon in Turklande ond ealle aswulton.
  <br>- xxvii d: Her seo niwa seocnesse SARS ongean wearð strang in Toronto.
  <br>- Her in Beornmundingahames seochuse in Englalande wearþ acenned Aaliyah
Hart, ond heo wæs in cwiðan .xxix. wuce, ond hire gewiht wæs .xii.
yndsa<i>3)</i>, ond heo lifde.
  <br>- Her in Cremona in Italiam wearþ acenned þæt hors Prometea, ond heo wæs
se fyrmest hors þe wæs <i>clonus</i>, ond man settede hire æg in hire
<i>clonus</i>modores cwiðan. Ond heo is þæs Haflinger-cynnes.
  <br>- xxix d: Her se truð Bob Hope wearþ hundteontig gearu eald.
  <br>- Her manige wæron æt Everestbeorge in Nepale for þæm þe on þissum dæge in
geare .mcmliii. Edmund Hilary ond Tensing Norgay cwomon to tope Everestbeorges
þe hatte in Tibetisce Chomolungma ond in Hindisce Sagarmatha.
  <hr><b>1)</b> computer CD's.
  <br><b>2)</b> With thanks to William Overington (WOverington @
ngo.globalnet.co.uk) for this item.
  <br><b>3)</b> ounces.

  <hr><A NAME="Y03JUN"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Midsumermonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- Ymb þes monað wæs great flod in Hwai-ea wonge in Cinalande.
  <br>- ii d: Her Elizabeþ .ii. cwen Englalandes ond .mmccl. oþre wæron in
Westmynstrecyrice for haligre begonge for þæm þe on þissum dæge in geare
.mcmliii. man gaf hire þone corenbeg, ond wæs mærung æt Buccingahamm-cynehealle.
  <br>- iv d: Her Hamid Karzai cwom to Lundene ond wæs þær þreo dagas ond spræc
mid þære cwene æt Windelesóran.
  <br>- vi d: Her Frencisce sundorfyrdmenn cwomon to Bunia in Dem.Rep.Congo to
secanne endian great heard folcguð betweox þæm Lendu and þæm Hema þe lange sare
forhergode þæt land.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuð þæt man fand in dyrnholum under boldum mæst dǣl
þara mæðma þe man ne miht findan in Baghdâdes mæðmhuse.
  <br>- xi d: Her wægn bær þreo scriðdracan gehatene Scimitar of Merecewude in
Hamtunscire to fyrdlocan æt Catrice in Eoforwicscire ond neah þæm heahweggemote
æt Þorpe þara de-Catt in Ligoraceasterscire lytel radwægn rann fore him ond hit
spillede þa scriðdracan in wege ond hie brucon manige wægn ond acwellede
fyf folca.<i>1)</i>
  <br>- In þissum wuce wæs ongean gefeoht in Aceh-lande in Indonesiam.
  <br>- In þissum wuce wæron scawunga in Tehrane in Persealande for þæm þe
manige wyscaþ ende þara Muslimiscena preosta rices.
  <br>- In þissum wuce Americisce fuhton wið Iraqiscum wæpnedmannum ymb Balad
ond oþrum stedum in lande þara Sunniscra norþan Baghdâde. Ond se Sunni is se
greatost Muslimisca <i>sectus</i>.
  <br>- In þissum wuce Englalandes fyrmestscealc segde þæt se Hlaford
<i>Cancellarius</i><i>2)</i> þe rixaþ nu will beon se æftemest.
  <br>- In þissum wuce se biscep æt Oxanforde in Englalande segde þæt he wolde
ceosan Canon Jeffrey John for biscepe <i>suffraganeus</i> æt Réadingum, þeah
ærra þes Canon Jeffrey wæs mannlufa þe eac hatte <i>homosexualitas</i> ond seo
synn þara Sodomwara ond Gomorrawara, ond .c. preostas Oxanfordbisceprices wurdon
ierremode æt þæm.
  <br>- xix d: Her neah Tikrîte in Iraqe Americisce fyrdmenn fundon gebyrgedne
swiþe greatne mæðm .dlxxvi. frætwa ond .viii. <i>million</i>a ond .ccclxxxivm.
ond .dc. Americiscra <i>dollar</i>a, ond mæg beon þæt hit is æht Sajidae ond heo
is seo æresta wif Saddâmes.
  <br>- xxi d: Her in Englalande William æþeling wearþ .xxi. gearu eald.
  <br>- xxiv d: Her æt al-Majarr al-Kabîr neah al-`Amârah in Iraqe manige
Iraqisce ymbsettedon siex Bryttisce fyrdǣweardas in hira locan ond
ascuton hie, for þæm þe þa ceasterware wæron ierremode for þæm þe Bryttisce
feallhleomenn sohton unsméþelice for wæpnum in husum ond gemang wifum. Ond þæt
nama segþ þone Greatan Teoungstede. Ond on .xxvii. dæge wæs halig gemynde for
him in Cisseceastermynstre<i>3)</i> ond eac for þæm þe Englalandes fyrdæweardas
ongunnon in geare .mdccciii..
  <br>- xxvi d: Her forðferde Denis Thatcher þurh <i>carcinomate</i>, ond he
lifde .lxxxviii. gearu, ond his wif wæs Margaret Thatcher þe ærra wæs
Englalandes fyrmestscealc.
  <br>- xxix d: Her in Gazalande þa dyrnweargherges Hamas ond Fatah ond
Islamisc Jihâd segdon þæt will beon wæpngestand betweox him ond Israhele þreo
monaðas, ac se Al-Aqsâ`-hloð ne segde þis. Ond æfterra Israheles fyrd fór ut of
Beit Hânûn ond Beþlehem.
  <hr><b>1)</b> Marchwood (= wild-cherry wood); Catterick (from Celtic
Katuraktonion = "(place of) battle ramparts"); Catthorpe (= Thorpe which in
Norman times was owned by the de Catt family)
  <br><b>2)</b> Lord Chancellor.
  <br><b>3)</b> Chichester Cathedral.

  <hr><A NAME="Y03JUL"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Æfterra Liða</FONT></B>
  <br>- In þissum monaðum wæs sar hætu in Englalande ond Europam.
  <br> i d: Her in Fallûja in Iraqe sum macode utberstung in þæm Masjid al Hasan
ond acwellede nigon ond án hira wæs imâm. Ond sume segdon þæt þis wæs to
beswicanne þa Iraqisce to leahtrianne þa Americisce. Ond sume segdon þæt binnan
man tohte utberstendmacunge ond wæs misgelimp.
  <br> ii d: Her in Strasbourg in Francrice æt gemote þæs Europeiscan
Witenagemotes wearþ strang wiðcweðung ond Silvio Berlusconi þe is Italiae
fyrmestscealc segde þæt Germaniae witenagemotmann wære gód truð to pleganne swa
"capo" in leohtscawunge ymb Naziisce healdunglocan swa eac hatte
Konzentrationslager ond þás wæron swiðe atolhearmmære stedas. Ond mæg beon þæt
he segde "capo" þe in Italisce segþ heafod oððe ealdor. Ond mæg beon þæt he
segde "Kapo" þe in Germanisce segþ hæft þe hielpþ weardas to warianne. Ond of
þære secgunge in æfterdagum cwomon micel ierre ond leahtrung.
  <br> iii d: Her se USA lagode léan .xxv. <i>milliona dollara</i> to ænigum þe
fenge Saddâm ond .xv. <i>milliona dollara</i> to ænigum þe fenge ænigne sunu
Saddâmes.
  <br>- iv d: Her in Quetta in Pakistane Sunnisce scuton in Shî`isce
<i>masjid</i> ond acwelledon .liii. þara .cc. þe wæron þærinne for Frigedæges
bénum. Ond Muslimisce béna in <i>masjide</i> hátton <i>namaz</i>.
  <br>- Her æt Balad betweox Tikrît ond Baghdâd in Iraqe .xi. Iraqisce scuton to
Americisce þe eodon andlang heahwege ond wearþ gefeoht ond ealle .xi. þara
Iraqisce aswulton.
  <br>- vi d: Her in Raffles seochuse in Singapore læcas ongunnon getwæman þa
Iranisce mægðgetwinnas Laleh ond Ladan Bijani, ond hie sind .xxix. gearu ealde,
ond hie wæron geánlæhte be hira heafdum swa hatte <i>craniopagus</i>, ac hie
mihton standan on fotum ætgædre. Ond án acennednesse in æghwylcum twæm
<i>million</i>um is <i>craniopagus</i>. Ond in Indiscum gereordum þæt nama
Singapore segþ Léoburg. Ac on .viii. dæge hie begen aswulton þurh bledunge.
  <br>- Her in Bangledeshe bat sanc in gemote þara greatena ea Padma ond Meghna
ond .dc. his ridera adruncon ond .cl. swummon to lande.
  <br>- x d: Her in Englalande lytel folcberend wægn eode of gasthuse in
Dydesbyrig<i>1)</i> andlang heahwege M56 to Mameceastre lyfthyðe ond in
Wíðigensceagan betweox Holegnhecgrádbrycge ond Simoneswegbrycge hit sloh wægn
ond cierrede ond sloh leohtmæst ond þone scearpan isernenan middanweall þe
forheow hit ond .xiv. ridon þærinne ond seofon hira aswulton. Ond þrie wægn
slogon hit æfterra. Ond eahta folca wurdon gewundode.
  <br>- xi d: Her neah Ramallah in Westiordanum Israhelisce fengon sumne John
Murphy ond he is Írisc ond hie segdon þæt he wæs in þæm `Real IRA' ond he eode
þider to tæcanne utberstendmacunge to Palestiniscum, ac æfterra hie freogodon
hine ond segdon þæt he næs se mann þe hie woldon fon.
  <br>- xii d: Her Ariel Sharon Israheles fyrmestscealc eode to Englalande to
sprecanne mid Mr.Blair ond he wæs þær þreo dagas.
  <br>- xiii d: Her Charles æþeling eode to St.Petersburg in Russiam ond he seah
þa byrgne þæs æftemestan caseres Russiae ond his cynnes.
  <br>- Her in Baghdâde ongann se Majlis al-Hukm þe segð ǣgemot oððe
dómgemot ond in him sind .xxv..
  <br>- xv d: In worulde swiðe manige oft sendað un-ascodlice ærendgewritu þurh
circolwyrdum to secanne syllan þing. Ond swylce ærendgewritu hatte in
Niwenglisce <i>spam</i>. Ond þa doð micel hearm to þæm <i>internet</i>. Ond on
þissum dæge Europae rixung in Brussels ongann niwe æwe þæt lagaþ þæt æfter
Winterfylleðe geares .mmiii. nænig in Europam sceal sendan ænigne <i>spam</i>.
God gife þæt þis weorþe, for man nu segþ þæt healf eallra ærewndgewrita
cyrcolwyrda sind <i>spam</i>.
  <br>- xviii d: Her Nelson Mandela wearþ .lxxv. gearu eald.
  <br>- Her Dr.David Kelly ofsloh his sylfne mid seaxe ond sárnesslæcnunge in
wealde on Heargdúne<i>2)</i> in Oxanfordscire, ond he worhte for Brytlandes
werungscealce ymb wæpnum. Ond he wæs in heardre wiðcweðunge betweox þæm
þeodtogum ond þæm BBC ymb Iraqe, to findanne hwæðre Iraq hæfde seocnesswæpen ond
atorwæpen. Ond he lifde .lix. gearu. Ond of þissum deaþe wurdon mara wiðcweðung
ond leahtrung wið Tony Blair fyrmestscealce ond oðrum.
  <br>- Her Afghanisce fuhton wið Pakistaniscum on hira mearce æt Baba-Doud neam
Khyber-þurhgonge.
  <br>- xx d: Her in Afghanistane Americisce fuhton wið Talibaniscum neah Spin
Boldak ond ofslogon .xxiv.-gerím hira. Ond manige Afghanisce Talibanisce nu
wuniaþ ymb Islamisce leornungbold in Quetta in Pakistane ond oft sume hira foron
in Afghanistan.
  <br>- xix d: Her ongann heard gefeoht mid sceotunge in Monrovia þe is Liberiae
heafodceaster ond manige aswulton. Ond on .xxii. dæge ceasterware legdon sume
hira deada fore Americae ambahthus to secganne þæt America sceolde sendan þider
fyrdmenn to macianne wæpengestand.
  <br>- Her þurh misgelimpe lyftcræft sloh Kenya-beorg in Kenyalande ond .xiv.
wurdon þærinne ond ealle aswulton.
  <br>- Her in Brytene forþferde Jack Davis, ond he lifde hundteontig ond eahta
gearu, ond in þære ærestan woruldguðe he fohte æt Somme-ea ond æt Ypres, ond he
was se ealdost mann in Brytene.
  <br>- xxi d: Her Blair fyrmestscealc Brytlandes cwom to Beijing.
  <br>- xxii d: Her in Iraqe Americisce fuhton siex stunda wið Iraqiscum æt huse
in Mosule ond þær Uday ond Qusay þa suno Saddâmes aswulton, ond Mustafa sunu
Udayes. Ond Uday lifde .xxxix. gearu ond he wæs heafod þara Fidâ`îyîn. Ond Qusay
lifde .xxxvi. gearu ond he wæs Saddâmes yrfeweard ond he wæs heafod þæs
Sundorlican IRG. Ond manige Baghdâdware scuton in lyfte to mæranne for þissum
deaðum, for þæm þe ærra þa twegen dydon micel yfel ond tintreg.
  <br>- Her in Singapore læcas getwæmde þa Koreisce mægðgetwinnas Sa Rang ond Ji
Hye ond hie wæron .iv. monðas ealde. Ond æfterra hie lifdon. Ond hie wæron
geanlæhte be hira hrycgbana endum swa læcas hatað <i>pygopagus</i>.
  <br>- xxiv d: Her Australia sendede .mm. fyrdmenn ond .cccxx. æweardas in
scipum ond lyftscipum to Guadalcanal þe is þæt greatost þara Solomon-iega to
endianne þrie gearu folcgefeohtes gemang þæm Solomonwarum.
  <br>- xxv d: Her maran þonne .xxx. þusenda Ahmadisce Muslimas metton in felde
æt Tilaforde<i>3)</i> in Suðrige in Englalande.
  <br>- xxviii d: Her æt hame in Toluca Lake in Los Angeles forðferde Bob Hope
se mæra truð, ond he lifde hundteontig gearu.
  <br>- xxxi d: Her Felix Baumgarter hleap of lyftcræfte siex mila ofer
Dofrum<i>4)</i> ond fleag .xxi. mila ofer sæ mid hrædnesse .ccxx. mila in stunde
ond cwom to eorðan æt Cap Blanc-Nez næsse neah Calais, ond he bær hearde fiðru
þæs <i>carbon fiber</i> gebundene ofer bis bæce ond hie wæron siex fét lange of
ende to ende. Ond he is Eastricisc<i>5)</i>.
  <hr><b>1)</b>Didsbury (= Dyde's fort); Manchester; Wythenshawe (= small willow
wood).
  <br><b>2)</b>Harrowdown Hill in Oxfordshire.
  <br><b>3)</b>Tilford in Surrey.
  <br><b>4)</b>Dover. From Celtic <i>Dubrâs</i> = "waters" = the river Dour.
  <br><b>5)</b>Austrian.

  <hr><A NAME="Y03AUG"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Weodmonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- i d: Her æt Baggy Point nea Wiellacumbe<i>1)</i> in Norðdefnum in
Englalande sum seah þone miclan egesfisc <i>Carcharodon carcharias</i> þe eac
hatte se greata hwita <i>selachus</i>. Ond swylce fiscas hæfdon acwelled oððe
geeten manige menn in manigum sæm.
  <br>- v d: Her sum Al-Qaedisc macode utberstunge æt gasthuse in Jakarta þe is
Indonesiae heafodceaster, ond acwellede .xiv., ond mæste hira wæron Indonesisce
and ne wæron in Al-Qaedan geflite.
  <br>- Ond her man segde þæt mæg beon þæt man sceal forbeodan þurh sume gearu
ealle fiscunge in þære sæ Europae þe hatte seo Norþsæ oððe seo Germanisca Sæ to
nerianne hire cynn fiscas swa þone fisc þe hatte in Niwenglisce <i>cod</i>.
  <br>- vii d: Her in Denpasar on Bali iege eode fore deman Amrozi bin Nurhasyim
for þæm þe he one oþre macode þa utberstunga on Bali þe acwelledon .ccii., ond
se dema lagode þæt sceotunghloð ofslea hine.
  <br>- Her sum macode utberstunge æt Jordanlandes ambahthuse in Baghdâde ond
ofsloh twelf ond wundode fyftig oþþe maran. Ond in Baghdâd is micel ierre þæt
Jordanland wearð hleo for Saddâmes twæm dohtrum ond for hira nigon cildrum.
  <br>- x d: In þissum wuce wæs swiðe hát weder in Englalande ond Europam ond æt
Fæferesháme<i>4)</i> in Cente hætu wearþ 38.5°C þe is 101.3°F ond wearmora þonne
Al-Qâhira þe we hataþ Cairo, ond in Englalande næfre wæs swylc hætu siððan man
ongann wederwritunga ymb gear .mdccclxx. ond næfre sunnes hætu cwom to
hundteontig stapum Fahrenheitiscum. Ond æt Gráfesende<i>2)</i> in Cente hætu
wearþ 38.1°C þe is 100.6°F. Ond Skarðaborg<i>5)</i> wæs hátora þonne Barbados.
Ond in Norþymbrum wæron hearde þunorstormas ond flod. Ond mannes blódes hætu is
98.4°F. Ond in Portugale wæron greate wealdfyr. Ond se papa bæd þæt menn
sceoldon gebiddan to Gode þæt regen cume to macianne cyle ond to endianne þa
wealdfyr. Ond .xm. ond .cd. þusenda ealdra aswulton þurh hætu in Francrice.
  <br>- Her Charles Taylor foresittend Liberiae foredrifen þurh guðe alætte his
ric ond fleag to Nigeriam, ond Moses Blah his underforesittend feng to his rice.
Ond is wen friðes, for þæm þe þa Liberisce sind werige æt guðe ond .ccc. þusenda
hira aswulton in þære langan gúðe.
  <br>- xii d: Her in Paris forðferde Diana Mosley and heo lifde .xciii. gearu,
ond heo wæs widwe þæs Sir Oswald Mosley, ond he oft maþelode for Hitlere þenden
Hitler rixode in Germaniam.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuþ þæt maran þonne þusend aswulton in þæs Communismi
gearum þenden hie sohton forfleon of Eastgermaniam to Westgermaniam.
  <br>- xiv d: Her in æfne liget þunorstormes macode fyr in
<i>electricitas</i>odene neah Niagara-þéote in New York underrice ond of þæm
wearþ lang wana <i>electricitatis</i> in underricum Michigan, Ohio, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, ond in Canadam oð Ottawa ond Toronto, ond
in þissum lande wuniaþ fyftig <i>milliones</i> folca. Ond þis is se langost
swelc wana þe á wæs.
  <br>- Her manige Americisce fyrdmenn foron to Liberiam to macianne frið.
  <br>- xv d: Her in Saudiscre Arabiam forðferde se hearmmæra Idi Amin for þæm
þe his lundlagan ne worhton, ond he lifde .lxxviii. wintru, ond he rixode Uganda
of geare .cmlxxi. oð geare .cmlxxix., ond his ric acwellede manige Ugandisce
þurh tintrege, ond sume secgaþ þæt þis wæs healf <i>million</i>as. Ond in geare
.cmlxxix. his fyrd fór in Tanzaniam ond dyde micelne hearm ond to werianne
Tanzaniae fyrd fór in Ugandam and aweorp hine of his rice. Ond his cynn segde
þæt his lic wearþ gebyrged in sæ neah Jidda in Arabiam.
  <br>- xix d: Her sum macode utberstunge in Ierusalem ond .xviii. aswulton,
ond fyf hira wæron Americisce.
  <br>- Her sum macode utberstunge in þara Geanlæhtena Þeoda bolde in Baghdâde
ond twentig aswulton oððe maran.
  <br>- xx d: Her Israhel sendede menn ond scriðdracan in Tulkarm ond ymb
Ramallah in Westiordanum.
  <br>- Her se wælwyrm cyrcolwyrda Sobig-F wearþ strang in worulde þurh þone
<i>email</i> ond dyde micelne hearm.
  <br>- Her .xx. folca flugon to Köln in Germaniam of Mali in Africam ond hie
wæron gislas wearga in Sahara-westenne .clxxvii. dagas.
  <br>- Her æt Alcantara in Amazonwealde in Brazile woruldrumfyrspere utbærst on
grunde ond twentig-gerim aswealt.
  <br>- xxi d: Her in Gaza Israhisc wingwindend ofsloh mid lytlum fyrspere
Ismail Abu Shanab in his wægne ond his twegen weardas ond he is heah in þæm
Hamase.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuð þæt man fand þurh þone DNA þæt se lytla wyrm
Xenoturbella is neah cynn mannes ond hit wunaþ in lace in Sweolande<i>3)</i> ond
ærra menn segdon þæe hit wæs þæs Platyhelminthiscan cynnes.
  <br>- Her in Iraqe man feng `Alî Hasan al Majîd þe eac hatte Chemical Ali ond
manige Iraqisce geblissodon æt þæm.
  <br>- xxiv d: Her in Gaza Israheles fyrd ofsloh mid fyrspere feower menn þæs
Hamases, ond sum hira wæs Hasan Ahmed Aishtani ond he dyde micelne hearm.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuð þæt in Liberiam wearghere ofsloh .m. folca æt Bahn in
Aimba scire.
  <br> - xxv d: Her in Mumbai þe eac hatte Bombay in Indiam sume macode twegen
utberstunga in wægnum ond ofslogon fyftig oððe maran, ond sume secgaþ þæt þis
wæs dæd þara Islamiscena dyrnweargweroda Lashkar-e-Taiba (þe in Persisce segþ
Clænheortra Fyrd) ond SIMI (þe is <i>Students' Islamic Movement of India</i>).
  <br>- Her an Korou-beorge in Zabol scire in Afghanistane Americisce ond
Afghanisce fuhton æt denne .cd.-gerimes Talibaniscra ond ofslogon .xvi.
Talibanisce oððe maran.
  <br>- Her wæs heahfolccyre in Rwandan ond Paul Kagame wearþ foresittend ond
he is Tutsisc.
  <br>- xxvii d: Her seo woruld Mars wæs nearra þære Eorþan þonne wæs in .lx.
þusendum geara.
  <br>- Her æt Nashik on Godavari-ea in Maharashtra underrice in Indiam wæs seo
Hinduisc halig begong Kumbh Mela, ond swiþe manige eodon þider, ond þurh
þringunge clústor bræc ond .xl. aswulton oððe maran ond .clii. wurdon
gewundode.
  <br>- Her Americae fyrd fullfremmede gonge of Saudiscre Arabiam to Qatare.
  <br>- Her in Khalis ceastre in Iraqes middan Americisce fyrdmenn sohton þone
hearmmæran weargtogan Lateef Hamed al Kubaishat ond ne fundon hine, ac hie
fengon .xxiv. his manna.
  <br>- xxviii d: Her æt Milwaukee in Wisconsin underrice in Americam wæs great
mærung for þæm þe on þissum dæge in geare .cmiii. William Harley ond Arthur
Davidson macode þone fyrmestan scufendtwahweol þæs cynnes Harley-Davidson.
  <br>- xxix d: Her æt Najaf in Iraqe man macode utberstunga in twæm wægnum æt
þæm swiðe haligum Imâm `Alî masjide ond ofsloh .xcv. Iraqisce ond sum hira wæs
se preost Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim ond ærra he spræc for friðe betweox
Sunniscum ond Shî`iscum. Ond Muslimisc æ segde þæt Americisce ne mihton werianne
þær for þæm þe hie ne sind Muslimisce. Ond æfterra man feng feower menn for
þissum ond twegen hira sind Iraqisce Saddâmisce ond twegen hira sind Saudisce
Al-Qaedisce. Ond þær is gebyrged `Alî, ond he weddede Fâtima dohtor Muhammades
witegan ond heo acennede Hasan ond Husain. Ond æfterra sum Al-Qaedisc segde þæt
þis nis dæd þæs Al-Qaedan.
  <hr><b>1)</b>Wollacombe (in north Devon).
  <br><b>2)</b>Gravesend (= the end of the grove).
  <br><b>3)</b> Sweden.
  <br><b>4)</b> Faversham in Kent. The name may mean "the smith's home".
  <br><b>5)</b> Scarborough. The name is old Norse for "Skarði's fort".

  <hr><A NAME="Y03SEP"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Hærfestmonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- iii d: Ymb þes dæg .ixm. ond .d. fyrdmenn cwom to Iraqe of manigum
landum ond hira hloðtoga is Polisc, ond hira fyrdsetl is æt Babylone.
  <br>- vi d: Her se hweolstorm Fabian sloh þa Bahama-ieg ond hit wæs se
strangost þe cwom to Bahaman in fyftig gearum.
  <br>- x d: Her in Stockholm sum ofsloh mid seaxe Anna Lindh utlandscealc
Sweolandes<i>1)</i> ond heo lifde .xlvi. gearu.
  <br>- xii d: Her in Fallûja ceastre in Iraqe þurh misgelimp Americisce ascuton
eahta Iraqisce æweardas þe æfterfolgodon sume mándædwyrcan ond eac hie ofslogon
ánne Jordaniscne weard æt seochuse.
  <br>- xiv d: Her in Sweolande<i>1)</i> wæs folccyre to findanne hwæðre man
sceal brucan þone <i>euro</i> in stede Sweolandes agnena sceatta, ond in
æghwylcum hundræde .xlii. curon giese ond .lvi. curon nic.
  <br>- Her sum segde þæt Venezia ceaster in Italiam sincþ swa feorr þæt in
geare .mmc. ne mann will magan wunian þær.
  <br>- Her in Estoniam wæs folccyre to findanne hwæðre Estonia sceal weorþan
dǣl þæs EU, ond man ceos giese.
  <br>- xv d: Her Colin Powell rices cancelere Americae fleag to Iraqe, ond on
.xvi. dæge he fleag to Halabja ond þær in geare .mcmlxxxviii. menn Saddâmes
ofslogon .mmmmm. Iraqisce Kurdas mid atorlyfte ond he eode to sumra hira
byrgunge.
  <br>- Her .lxvii. hæftas oððe maran aswulton in fyre in al-Haer carcerne in
Riyadh þe is Saudiscre Arabiae cyneceaster.
  <br>- Her Cardinalis Jamie Sin rixiend þara Philippiniscra Romacatholiscra
alætte his ric for ieldo ond he wæs .lxxv. gearu eald.
  <br>- xvii d: Her æt Seolfordæle neam Craneforde<i>2)</i> in Lonceasterscire
menn þæs RSPCA fengon .ccxliv. hundas ond .vii. cættas ond .xvi.
<i>psittaci</i><i>3)</i> ond ánne <i>chinchilla</i> in anum lytlum huse ond þæt
is hira greatost lac in anum farunge. Ond þæt nama RSPCA segþ se Cyninglica
Geférscipe to Forstandanne Wælhreownesse to Deorum.
  <br>- xvii d: Her man geendode bytlan irenweg in Australiam of Alice Springs
to Darwine þurh micelne drygne land ond Tanami-westenn ond in norðan
hátlandiscne weald ond hit is .dccclxxx. mila ond hit hæfþ .xc. brycga. Ond hit
is þurh Tennant Creek ond Katherine ceastra. Ond on .iii. dæge Solmonaþes geares
.mmiv. ond æfterra se folcberende gewægnoþ gehaten se Ghan rann of Adelaide to
Darwine. Ond hit hatte Ghan for þæm þe geo man brohte camelas of Asiam to
beranne menn ond hira æht þurh þa westennas ond mid him cameldriferas ond man
segde þæt hie wæron Afghanisce. Ond þisre bytlunge weorð wæs .mccc.
<i>million</i>as (þe is 1.3e9) Australisce <i>dollar</i>as.
  <br>- xviii d: Her se greata Caribbeisca hweolstorm Isabel cwom to lande in
Virginiam underrice ond æfterra hit fór andlang Chesapeake-fleote to
Washingtone. Ond Chesapeake geo hatte Chesepiuc þe in sumum Amerindiscum
gereorde segþ Greatne Sciellfleot.
  <br>- Her in Snaresbrook in Lundene Graham Halksworth wæs fore deman for þæm
þe man ætíewede him Americisce sceattwritunga gehatene <i>United States Treasury
bonds</i> ond he segde þæt hie wæron soðe ac is wiste þæt hie ne wæron soðe, ond
hira weorð wæren .mdl. <i>billion</i>as <i>dollar</i>as, þe is $1.55e12. Ond he
forleag þæt Americisc lyftcræft bær hie ond feoll to grunde in Philippin-iegum.
  <br>- In þissum sumore wæs lang ond heard dryhþ ond hætu in Europam ond
Danube-ea wearþ drygora þonne wæs in .cxx. gearum, ond scipu ne mihton faran
þæron for wanan wætres, ond ymb þisne dæg in Serbiae þeos drygung ætiwode to
mannum .lxxx. scipu þe Naziisce Germanisce suncon þenden hie forbugon in guðe.
Ond in Brytene ond Europam is wen dwínunge wæstma ond in Eoforwicscire sum
landbuend segde þæt his land wæs swa Gobi-westenn. Ac is wen micles wæstmes
wínberga ond wínes in Brytene in þissum geare.
  <br>- xix d: Her wearþ widcuþ þæt æt Urumaco in Venezuelam man fand ealde bán
<i>rodentis</i> gehatenes <i>Phoberomys pattersoni</i> ond his libbende gewiht
wæs maran þonne .md. <i>kilogramm</i>as, ond his nama segþ Pattersones egesmús.
  <br>- xxiii d: Her Henry æþeling eode to Australiam ond he will beon þreo
monaþas landwyrca mid cúm ond sceapum æt Tooloombilla hámstede in Queensland
underrice ond hit hæfþ .xxxixm. ond .d. æcras.
  <br>- Her in Jizan lande in Saudiscre Arabiam æweardas sohton fón weargas in
hira denne ond þa weargas afliemdon in seochus ond wearþ gefeoht þærinne ond man
ofsloh ánne æweard oððe maran ond þa æweardas ofslogon þreo weargas ond fengon
twegen hira.
  <br>- xxiv d: Her in Californiam underrice se <i>spam</i> cyrcolwyrda wearþ
unæwlic.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuþ þæt in Canada on Ellesmere-iege norþernan riman Ward
Hunt ísscylfe wæs tobrocen styccemælum ond ánne se teoþa dǣl giet is þær.
Swa déþ seo woruldwearmung, ond hit wæs seo greatost ísscylfe in Canadam.
  <br>- xxv d: Her wæs eorþstyren eastan Hokkaido-iege in Japane, ond his miht
wæs Richter 8, ond hit wæs .lx. mila of lande, ond hit wæs .xxxv. mila under sæ,
ond hit macode fyr in ele-odene æt Tomakomai. On in Japanisce þæt nama Hokkaido
segþ Norþsæieg.
  <br>- xxvii d: Her fore sunnupgonge in Alp-beorgum stormwind afyllede treow
ond hit bræc <i>electricitas</i>ædran þe scytt of Francrice to Italiam ond of
þæm cwom great wana <i>electricitatis</i> in eallre Italiam eall dæg.

  <hr><b>1)</b> Sweden.
  <hr><b>2)</b> Silverdale near Carnforth (= heron ford) in Lancashire (UK).
  <hr><b>3)</b> parrots (Latin word).

  <hr><A NAME="Y03OCT"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Winterfylleð</FONT></B>
  <br>- ii d: Her in Mórdúne<i>1)</i> in Lundene Haðrat Mirza Masrûr Ahmad
openede niwne Ahmadiscne masjid gehatenne Bait-ul-Futûh ond hit is se greatost
masjid<i>2)</i> in Westeuropam. Ond he is heafod eallra Ahmadiscra.
  <br>- x d: Her in Sancti Pauli mynstre in Lundene wæs gemynde for eallum þe
aswulton in þære guþe in Iraqe in bam fyrdum.
  <br>- xii d: Her on clifum ofer Kuta-særiman on Bali iege wæs halig begong
gemyndes for þæm þe aswulton in utberstunge on þissum dæge in geare .mmii.. Ond
wæs halig begong for þissum in cyrice Sancti Martini in Feldum in Lundene.
  <br>- xii-xiii dd: Her in Dallase in Texase læcas getwæmdon þa Ægyptisce
getwinnas Ahmad Ibrahim ond Muhammad Ibrahim ond hie wæron geanlæhte be hira
heafdum swa læcas hataþ <i>craniopagus</i>. Ond þæt geweorc rann .xxvi. stunda
to þære getwæmunge, ond æfterra .viii. stunda. Ond hie wordon acennede on .ii.
dæge midsumermonaðes geares .mmi..
  <br>- xiv d: Her in morgne æt Jiuquan woruldrumhyðe in westenne in Gansu lande
in Cinalande man upsendede Yang Liwei in woruldrum ond he fleag ymb woruld .xiv.
cierras ond cwom to eorþan in Gobi-westenne. Ond þis is Cinalandes æresta
woruldrumfliehþ. Ond his scip hatte Shenzhou V, þe segþ godlic scip.
  <br>- xvi d: Her in Romam wæs mærung for þæm þe Johannes Paulus .ii. papa
rixode .xxv. gearu.
  <br>- Her in Hanoi læcas getwæmde getwinnas ond hie wæron geanlæhte be hira
breostum ond hira ropum.
  <br>- xvii d: Her in Taipei ceastre on Taiwan iege man endode getimbrian torr
gehaten Taiwan 101 ond hit is .mdclxvii. fet heah þe is .dviii. <i>metr</i>as
pnd hit is hiehst in worulde. Ond in Taiwane nis great wen weargdæda. Ond man
segþ þæt hit is swiðe strangora wið swylcan andslyhte. Ac is wen eorþstyrena.
Ond ærra þæt hiehst wæron þa twegen Petronas-torras in Kuala Lumpur in Malaya
ond hit is .mcdlxxxiii. fet þe is .cdlii. <i>metr</i>as.
  <br>- xix d: Her se papa lagode þæt Modor Theresa sie <i>beatificata</i> ond
heo lange worhte in Indiam æt Calcutta þe nu hatte Kolkata in Bengalisce ond þæt
nama segþ Kali-wic ond Kali is Hinduisc gyden. Ond he hæfþ gemacode .cdlxxvii.
<i>sanctos</i> ond .mcccxiv. <i>beatificatos</i> ond þeos sind maran þonne þa þe
ealle forelibbende papan macodon ærra siððan Sanctus Petrus lifde. Ond in
Sanskrite Kâlî is þæt wiflice word for Kâla ond Kâlî is wif Kâlasya, ond þæt
word Kâla segþ Tíd, for þæm þe man segþ þæt tíd foreteþ ond fordéþ ealle.
  <br>- Her forðferde Alija Izetbegovic ond he lifde .lxxviii. gearu ond ærra he
wæs foresittend Bosniae.
  <br>- xxii d: Her æweardas fengon twegen nigonteongeare hyssas for morðre for
þæm þe on feowerþan dæge Midsumermonaðes geares .mmiii. Stephen Hilder
feallhleowode of lyftcræfte æt Hygebaldesstowe<i>3)</i> in Lincolnscire in
Englalande ond þa twegen hæfdon gesniðene begra his feollhleowa teoung-rápas ond
he feoll .xiiim. fet to eorþe ond he aswealt ond he lifde twentig gearu.
  <br>- xxiii d: Her forðferde Soong May-ling widwe þæs Chiang Kai-Shek ond he
lange rixode Cinaland oþþæt he afliemde of þæm Communistum to Taiwane, ond he
forðferde in geare .mcmdcccviii.. Ond heo lifde hundteontig ond siex gearu.
  <br>- Her þrie Concorde lyftscipu flugon ætgædre to Hæðræwe neah Lundene ond
þis wæs Concordes æftemesta folcberung. Ond Concorde mæg fleogan twuwa swa
swifte swa se sweg.
  <br>- Her William ond Henry æþelingas oncunnedon þæt Paul Burrel beswac þa
gemynde Dianae hira modores in bec þe he wrat, for þæm þe in þære bec he wrat
manige dyrne ymb Dianam. Ond he wæs lange hire wínscealc<i>5)</i>.
  <br>- xxvi d: Her ond in æfterrum dagum in Californiae suðan wealdfyr
fordrifen þurh þæm hátan suðwinde þe hatte Santa Ana forbærnedon healf
<i>million</i>as æcra wealdes ond .mm. hus ond acwelledon .xx. folca. Ond þære
derunge weorð is healf <i>billion</i>es <i>dollar</i>a. Ond Californiae rixiend
Gray Davis lagode þa weorðende níede<i>4)</i> in scírum Ventura, San Bernardino,
Los Angeles, San Diego.
  <br>- Her sume macodon utberstunga in Baghdâde ond .xxxv. aswulton oððe maran
ond .xxxiv. hira sind Iraqisce. Ond .cc. wurdon gewundode oððe maran. Ond man
feng ánne þisra wearga ond fand þæt he is Syrisc. Ond manige wurdon ierremode
for þæm þe þes dæg is halig to Muslimum ond hit is se æresta dæg Ramadânes. Ond
in þæm monaðe Ramadâne Muslimas ne magon etan buton in nihte oððe hie sind
cildru oððe ealde oððe seoce oððe hie farað oððe hie feohtað in guðe.
  <br>- xxviii d: Her seo sunne sceat swiðe strange ond micle cénas swiðe hátes
fyrlyftes togeanes þa eorþan ond is wen þæt seo weorcung <i>electric</i>iscra
searwa will weorþan gedered.
  <br>- xxix d: Her Charles æþeling eode to Indiam.
  <br>- xxx d: Her man lagode þæt man geunne to Christopher Finney þa
George-róde. Ond he wunaþ æt Gemǣrepylle<i>8)</i> in Legeceasterscire.
Ond he is mann þære hloðe þe hatte þa Hǣwene ond Cyninglice. Þis wearþ
for þæm þe on .xxvii. dæge Hreðmonaðes geares .mmiii. neah Hammâr-gel<i>æ</i>te
.xxv. mila norþ Basran wearþ gefeoht wið Iraqiscum ond Americisce guðlyftscipu
scuton æt his hloðe be misgelimpe ond he ahreddede anne mann of fyre under þære
heardan sceotunge ond sohte ahreddan oþerne þeah þenden he dyde þis he wearþ
gewundod. Ond man ne gæf him þa Victoria-rode ane þurh lytlum þinge in þære
Victoria-rode æ: þæt seo dæd sceal gelimpan under <u>feondes</u> sceotunge. Ond
geo man geuðe twegen Victoria-roda for dædum in Falkland-guðe, ac begen menn
aswulton in þære guðe.
  <br>- xxxi d: .mdccc. folca ridon in miclum scipe Aurora for wynne. Ond in þæm
scipe maran þonne .cd. wurdon seoce mid spiwunge ond ropena unryne<i>6)</i> þurh
sumne Noro-virus þe is cynn þæs Norwalk virus þe eac hatte seo
winterspiwungseocnesse. Ond æt Venezia<i>7)</i> ond æt Dubrovnik portgerefan
lagodon þæt þa seoce bíden in hira rymetum ond ne faren on land. Ond on þissum
dæge hit cwom to Piraeus in Greclande ond þær se portgerefa lagode þæt hit ne
cume in port ond þæt nænig ga on land of þæm scipe, swa scipmenn hatað
<i>quarantine</i>. Ac man sendedon læcunga ond twegen læcas on þæt scip. Ond þæt
word <i>quarantine</i> is of <i>quaranta</i>, þe in Italisce segþ .xl., for þæm
þe geo gif wæs seocnesse in scipe cumendum to porte weardas heold þæt scip .xl.
dagum þenden his seocnesse endode, to þæs þe seo seocnesse ne fare on land in
þæm portceasterwarum.
  <br>- Her in seochuse æt Kagoshima in Japane þurh <i>pneumoniam</i> forðferde
seo wif Kamato Hongo, ond heo lifde .cxvi. gearu, ond heo wæs ieldest in
worulde.
  <br>- Her án Concorde lyftscip fleag to Mameceastre lyftfelde ond gebád þær,
ond nill ongean fleogan. Swa to reste cymþ seo ealda ides þæs rodores.
  <hr><b>1)</b>Morden. The name means "moor hill".
  <br><b>2)</b>mosque. (Arabic word)
  <br><b>3)</b>Hibaldstow.
  <br><b>4)</b>state of emergency.
  <br><b>5)</b>butler.
  <br><b>6)</b>diarrhoea.
  <br><b>7)</b>Venice (Italian form of name).
  <br><b>8)</b>Marple. The name means "boundary-pool".

  <hr><A NAME="Y03NOV"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Blotmonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- ii d: Her man macode Gene Robinson biscep in Niwe Hamtunscire<i>2)</i>
underrice in Americam, þeah þe is widcuð þæt he is mannlufa swa eac hatte
<i>homosexualis</i>, ond maniga Anglicanisce Cristnas wurdon swiðe ierremode æt
þissum. Ond on .iii. dæge Peter Akimola arcebiscep Kenyae maþelode þæt mæste
þara Anglicanra noldon ondettan þisne Robinson swa biscep. Ond weorþ pleoh
<i>schismi</i> gemang þæm Anglicaniscum þurh þissum. Ond geo se haliga Moses
hearde forbead þa mannlufe manna.
  <br>- Her neah Fallûja in Iraqe sum mid fyrspere asceat Americiscne
wingwindend ond his ridera .xv. aswulton ond .xxi. wurdon gewundode. Ond hie
wæron Americisce fyrdmenn gánde to Baghdâde to fleoganne to hame.
  <br>- iv d: Her þæt scip Aurora cwom to hyðe æt Gibraltare ond man alyfede his
unseoce gan on lande; ac Hispania beclysede hire mearce wið Gibraltare .xv.
stunda wið þære seocnesse. Ond æfterra hit eode to his hame æt
Suðhamtune<i>1)</i> in Englalande.
  <br>- v d: Her æt þæm Ealdan <i>Baille</i><i>3)</i> in Lundene ongann gán fore
deman Ian Huntley for þæm þe he acwellede þa twa Sǣghámisce<i>4)</i>
mægþa Holly Wells ond Jessica Chapman. Ond Maxime Carr eode fore deman mid him.
Ond wearþ widcuð þæt þa twa mægða aswulton in hame þæs Huntley.
  <br>- viii d: Her in Fremmaleahpearrocseochuse in Suðrige<i>5)</i> Sophia wif
Eadweardes eorles Westseaxna acennede dohtor, ond læcas þorfton utsniðan hie of
hire þurh seocnesse, ond heo wæs eahta monaðas in cwiðe. Ond se Eadweard is þære
cwene gingest sunu.
  <br>- ix d: Her in Shishice wice in Albaniae middan forðferde Hava Rexha, ond
heo lifde .cxxiii. gearu, ond heo wearð acenned on .xx. dæge Weodmonaðes geares
.mdccclxxx..
  <br>- Her sum macode utberstunge in husum in Riyað þe is Saudiscre Arabiae
heafodceaster, ond .xvii. aswulton oððe maran, ond .cxxii. wurdon gewundode, ond
mæst dǣl hira sind utlandisce Muslimisce Arabas. Gif þis is dæd
Al-Qaedan, man mæg ascian: feohteþ Al-Qaeda for Islames woruldrice, oððe sind
hie áne wulfas?
  <br>- x d: Her se <i>jury</i> þære demunge þæs Ian Huntley fór of þæm Ealdan
<i>Baille</i> to Sǣghame, ond on .xi. dæge to Lacingahýðe<i>6)</i> to
seonne þone stede þær man fand þara mægða lic.
  <br>- xiii d: Her in Powys lande in Wealum man fand seo swiðe egeslica
seocnesse eorðæppla<i>7)</i> þe hatte hringbrosnung.
  <br>- xv d: Her þæt greate scip Queen Mary 2 wæs in dryghyðe æt St.Nazaire in
Francrice ond menn eode andlang brycge of lande to scipe in him to seonne ond
seo brycg feoll ond þa menn feollon .lxxv. fet to þære dryghýðe boðme ond .xiii.
aswulton oððe máran ond siex hira wæron cildru ond maran þonne .xxx. wurdon
gewundode.
  <br>- Her twegen Americisce wingwindendas slogon æghwylce oðre ofer Mosul in
Iraqe ond feollon on husum ond .xvii. scipmenn aswulton.
  <br>- Her sume macodon utberstunga æt twæm <i>synagoga</i>n in Istanbule ond
ofslogon .xx. ond wundodon .cclvii. ond mæste þisra wæron Turcisce Muslimas.
  <br>- xix d: Her George Bush foresitted þæs USA cwom to Lundene to metanne
Elizabeth cwene ond wunode þær twegen dagas.
  <br>- xxi d: Her sume macode twa micle utberstunga in Istanbule ond án wæs æt
Bretlandes ambahthuse ond án wæs æt NSBC sceatthealdungbolde, ond .xxvii.
aswulton, ond .cdl. wurdon gewundode, ond mæste hira wurdon Turkisce Muslimas,
ac þreo wron Bryttisc, ond án þisra wæs ambaht.
  <br>- xxii d: Her in Georgia in Caucasus-beorgum þe in Russisce hatte Gruziya
manige fengon þæt witenagemotbold in Tbilisi to macianne þæt Eduard Shevardnadze
foresittend Georgiae alætte his ric ond þæt sie heahfolccyre.
  <br>- xxiii d: Her in Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze alætte his ric, ond he
rixode siððan Georgia wearð freo of þæm USSR, ond þæt is .xi. gearu. Ond ærra he
wæs utlandscealc þæs USSR þenden Gorbachev rixode. Ond Nino Burdzhanadze feng to
his rice.
  <br>- Her in nihte in Patrice Lumumba <i>universitatem</i> in Moskvan<i>8)</i>
fyr wearþ ond .xxxvii. aswulton ond .cl. wurdon gewundode oþþe maran.
  <br>- xxxvi d: Her wæs se æftemest flyhþ æniges Concorde lyftcræftes, of
Hæþræwe neam Lundene ond ofer Biscay-sæ ond to hyðfelde æt Fileðetúne neam
Brycgstowe<i>9)</i> ond geo menn macodon hit æt Fileðetúne, ond .xvm. wæron þær
to seonne þis. Ond ofer Biscay-sæ his hrædnes wæs twuwa sweges hrædnes. Ond ærra
sum Concorde eode of J.F.Kennedy lyfthyðe to Intrepid mæðmhuse slawe on éascipe
ond ne fleogende, ond in geare .mcmxcvi. hit fleag of Lundene to Niw-Eoforwice
in twæm stundum ond .lii. <i>minuti</i> ond .lix. <i>secundi</i> ond þæt wæs se
swiftost.
  <br>- xxvii d: Her Bush foresittend Americae fleag to Baghdâdes lyfthyðe ond
wæs mid sumum his fyrdmanna for Þancgifungdægsymble.
  <br>- Her ongann wæpngestand betweox Indiam ond Pakistane in Kashmire.
  <br>- Her æfter æfne æweardas onfengon Sajid Badat in huse in
Gleawceastre<i>10)</i> in Englalande ond fundon utberstendas in his huse, ond he
is Al-Qaedisc. Ond hie sohton in þære Islamiscan Scole Leornunge ond Stierunge
in Blæcburnan<i>12)</i>.
  <br>- xxx d: Her ymb Samarrâ' in Iraqes norðan manige wæpmedmenn macodon
anginn wið Americiscum farungum þe bæron manige niwe sceattes ond þa Americisce
ofslogon .liv. hira ond .xviii. oððe maran ond fengon siex. Ond manige þara
ofslægene hæfdon herewæde þara Fidâ'îyîn.
  <hr><b>1)</b> Southampton.
  <br><b>2)</b> New Hampshire.
  <br><b>3)</b> The Old Bailey. "Bailey" here comes from old French
<i>baille</i> = "outer wall of a castle".
  <br><b>4)</b> Sǣghám = Soham in Cambridgeshire.
  <br><b>5)</b> Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey (UK).
  <br><b>6)</b> Lakenheath.
  <br><b>7)</b> potatoes: compare French <i>pommes de terre</i>.
  <br><b>8)</b> (Russian name of) Moscow.
  <br><b>9)</b> Filton near Bristol.
  <br><b>10)</b> Gloucester.
  <br><b>11)</b> Blackburn.

  <hr><A NAME="Y03DEC"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Anno MMIII Geolmonað</FONT></B>
  <br>- i d: Ymb þisne dæg wæs great flod ymb Marseilles in Francrice.
  <br>- vi d: Her Harald .v. cyning Norþweges eode in seochus in Oslo his
cyneceastre to þæs þe man utsniðe his blædran for <i>carcinomate</i>, ond he
will beon þærinne .iii. wuce. Ond Håkon his sunu will weorþan his rixiend.
  <br>- xi d: Her seo <i>spam</i>sendung cyrcolwyrda wearþ unæwlic in Europam.
  <br>- xii d: Her in Cyninges Eadweardes .vii. seochuse in Lundene man utsnáð
dǣl Elizabeðes cwene wynstran cneowes <i>cartilaginum semilunarium</i>.
  <br>- xiii d: Her in nihte æfter æfne æt Ad Dawr betweox Sâmarrâ' ond Tikrit
in Iraqe Americisce fyrdmenn fengon ean gefeohte Saddâm Hussein beheliendne in
lytlum pytte in grunde. Ond wearþ micel mærung in Iraqe æt þissum, ac ne in
Tikrite. Ond sume secgaþ þæt Saddâmes ric acwellede <i>million</i>gerim manna.
  <br>- Her in Afghanistane ongann micel folcgemot genemned Loya Jirga.
  <br>- Her in Venezia in Italiem ongean openode þæt mære singunghus La Fenice
ond man bærned hit in Æftergeole geares .mcmxcvi..
  <br>- xvii d: On þissum dæge in geare .mcmiii. æt Kitty Hawk in Suðcarolinam
underrice in Americam þa gebreðer Orville ond Wilbur Wright æreste flugon in
lyftcræfte þe wæs hefigora þonne lyft ond hæfde scufend.
  <br>- Her æt þæm Ealdan <i>Baille</i> in Lundene seo demung sendede Ian
Huntley to carcerne líflange ond Maxine Carr to carcerne for þrym ond healfe
gearum. Ac þis ne eft brohte þa twa mægða, ond þus segde Lesley Chapman fæder
Jessicae: "Ure líflanga gedemednesse ongann in þæs ærgeares Weodmonaþe: his áne
onginnþ nu.".
  <br>- xx d: Her Muammar Gaddafi foresittend Libyae segde þæt he hæfde sume
wæpen to acwellanne manige ond þæt he wolde fordon ealle his swylcan wæpen ond
þæt he wolde alyfian þæt néoseras worhten freolice in Libyan. Ond he segde þæt
Libya sohte macian cyrnwæpen. Ond he hæfþ sunu gehatenne Saif-al-Islam Gaddafi
ond his nama segþ Islames Swurd. Ond þæt nama Gaddafi is rihte Qaððafi.
  <br>- Her æt sunnupgonge in Arabsæ<i>2)</i> þæt Americisce guðscip Philippine
Sea feng twa Al-Qaedisce Arabisce batas ond in him þone ator <i>heroin</i> ond
his weorþ wæs .mdcclx. þusenda punda oððe maran.
  <br>- xxii d: Her wæs eorðstyren neah Paso Robles in Californiam ond his miht
wæs Richter 6.5 ond sume bold feollon ond twa wifa aswulton.
  <br>- Her in Kaixian scire in Chongqing provinciam in Cinalande fyrlyftwiella
utbærst ond eac utbléow þone atorlyft <i>hydrogen sulphide</i> ond hit acwellede
.ccxxxiii..
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuþ þæt in þæm wuce þe endaþ maran þonne .mmd. aswulton
þurh cyle in Englalande ond Wealum ond þæt is maran in æghwylcum þusende þonne
in Finlande oððe Russiam.
  <br>- xxv d: Her folcberend lyftcræft feoll in sæ þenden hit fleag uppe of
grunde æt Cotonou in Benin in Westafricam ond .cxi. aswulton oððe maran ond man
nerede .xxii.. Ond hit wolde fleogan to Beirute ond hit bær Lebanisce gánde to
hame for Cristemæsse.
  <br>- Her se mannleasa woruldrumcræft Beagle cwom to Mars, ac hit ne worhte
ond mann næfre gehyrde of him. Ac on .xx. dæge Foregeoles geares .mmv. wearþ
widcuð þæt niw NASAisc woruldrumcræft fand þæt Beagle cwom to MArs worulde swa
menn woldon ac hit feoll on wealle lytles séaðes ond hleop sume cierras ond
bræc.
  <br>- xxvi d: Her eorþstyren fordyde Bam ceastre in Kermân provinciam in Îrâne
in wintercyle fore sunnupgonge þenden þa ceasterware slepon ond maran þonne
.xlim. aswulton ond maran þonne .lm. wurdon gewundode ond .lxxm. sind ean hamum
ond eahta æghwylces teon-gerímes his bolda feollon ond his twa seochus. Ond his
miht wæs Richter 6.3. Ond .lxxxm. wunodon þær. Ond nu þæt niehste seochus is æt
Kermân ceastre þe is .c. mila feorr. Ond geo Bam wæs on þæm Seolocweg ond þær
wæron manige mære ealde bold ond lange þurh hit camelas bæron seoloc of
Cinalande to Europam slawe þurh Turkestan-westennas. Ond Bames eald burhceaster
gehaten Arg-e-Bam is eall tobrocen ond þærinne wæron manige ealde mære bold þe
man bytlode þenden þæt Safavisce cynecynn rixode Iran oððe ærra. Ond þa bold
feollon for þæm þe hie wæron gemacode unstrange of ungebacenum clǣgenum
tigelum; in Californiam on .xxii. dæge wæs swylc eorþstyren ond in him áne twa
aswulton. Ond eac wæs eorþstyren æt Masjed Soleyman in Khuzestan provinciam
Iranes ond his miht wæs Richter 4.
  <br>- Her sum acwellende his sylfne macode utberstunge betweox Rawalpindi ond
Islamabad in Pakistane to acwellanne Musharraf foresittend ond acwellede .xv. ac
ne acwellede Musharraf. Þus God scæwþ his dom, for þæm þe Pakistanes þeodtogan
alyfaþ þæt hira land sie denn manigra Islamiscra dyrnweargherga, ond nu sum
þisra wearþ pleoh for þæm samum þeodtogum.
  <br>- xxix d: Her forðferde Bob Monkhouse se mæra truð in his hame æt
Eccandúne in Bíedanfordscire in Englalande þurh <i>carcinoma prostaticum</i> þe
wæs in him twa ond healf gearu, ond he lifde .lxxv. gearu. Ond on .ii. dæge
Æftergeoles geares .mmiv. his lic wæs gebærned æt Ealhmundesháme <i>1)</i>.
  <br>- Her wearþ widcuþ þæt on Java iege in Indonesiam landwyrcan fengon snacan
þæs cynnes <i>Reticulated python</i> ond his gewiht is .cmxcii. pund ond hit is
.xlix. fet lang ond hit is in deortune æt Curugsewu wice ond hit is langost in
worulde. Næfre ærra man fand snaca swa lang buton banum þæs <i>Gigantophis</i>
þe lifdon in þæm Eócénum tide ond man fand hie in Fayyûm-lande in Ægypte.
  <hr><b>1)</b> Eggington, Bedfordshire, Amersham.
  <br><b>2)</b> Arabian Sea.
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