Wiht (īeg)

(Edlǣded of Wiht (īg))
Þis geƿrit is ymbe þā īege. For ƿist and gāstas, sēo Ƿiht (ƿist)

Ƿiht /wiçt/, cūþ fyrnum Rōmānum sƿā Vectis, is scīr and sēo grīetteste īeg Englalandes, gefunden in þǣre Engliscan Sǣ, on medumum ymbe 3 oþ 5 mīla (5 tō 8 km) of þǣm strande Hāmtūnscīre, gescēaden of hēafodlande Geānlǣhtes Cynerīces be þǣre nearunesse gecīeged þā Solente. Sēo īeg hæfþ syndrige sōcnstedas þe sind geƿesen frēoldagum færeldendas siþþan tīde Victoriae.

Ƿiht
Scīr

Sēo īegscīr geseƿen onbūfan
Fana þǣre Wihte
Fana
Cwide: "All this beauty is of God"
Ƿiht in Englalande
Ƿiht shown innan Englalande
Coordinates: 50°40′N 1°16′W / 50.667°N 1.267°W / 50.667; -1.26750°40′N 1°16′W / 50.667°N 1.267°W / 50.667; -1.267
Sovereign state Geānlǣht Cynerīce
Constituent country Englaland
Region Sūþēast
Established 1890
Preceded by Hāmtūnscīr
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant Martin White
High Sheriff Mary Case
Area 384 km2 (148 sq mi)
 – Ranked 46th of 48
 – Ranked of 48
Þiccnes [convert: $2]$3
Cynn 97.0% Hƿīt
1.0% S. Asiatisc
Unitary authority
Council Ƿihtgeþing
Executive Conservative
Admin HQ Nīƿport
Area [convert: $2]$3
 – Ranked 106th of 326
Population Bysen:English district population
 – Ranked [[List of English districts by population|Bysen:English district rank of 326]]
Density [convert: $2]$3
ISO 3166-2 GB-IOW
ONS code 00MW
GSS code E06000046
NUTS UKJ34
Website www.iwight.com
Member of Parliament Andrew Turner
Police Hampshire Constabulary
Time zone GMT (UTC)
– Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)

Sēo stǣr Ƿihte inhæfþ sceort fæc tīde sƿā selfstandende cynerīce in þǣre 15an ielde. Oþ 1995, sƿā Jersey and Guernsey, hæfde sēo īeg Gereca. [n 1]


Sēo Ƿihte ƿæs dǣl Hāmtūnscīre oþ 1890, þonne hēo ƿearþ selfstandende tōþegnungscīr. Oþ 1974 dǣlde hēo forþ þone Hlāfordstedehealdere Hāmtūnscīre þonne hē ƿearþ eftsetted sƿā unealdorburglic geƿunelic scīr, þe gifþ his āgene Hlāfordstedehealdere and man oncnēoƿ hine sƿā postlicu scīr.

His hrædosta tōgang of þǣm hēafodlande is of Sūþsǣ (Portesmūðan) mid hƿearfungscipe, þā hƿīle þe fīf hēafodgefǣrþegnung fereþ ofer þǣre Solente.

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