Norðamerica

(Edlǣded of Norþ America)

Norðamerica (ēac Māre Norþerne Ƿīnland æfter Īslandiscum naman gehāten; on Nīƿenglisce: North America) is se norþerna ƿorulddǣl of þǣm Americum, ligende on Eorðan Norðernum Healftrendele and in þǣm Ƿesternan Healftrendele. Hit is bebyrded benorðan him þȳ Arctiscan Gārsecge, beēastan him þȳ Atlantiscan Gārsecge, besūþēastan him þȳ Caribiscan Sǣƿe, and benorþƿestan him þȳ Sericus Gārsecge; Sūðamerica ligeþ tō sūþēaste. Norðamerica þeceþ ymbe 24,709,000 km² landes, nēan 4.8% of Eorðan fullre brǣdo oþþe 16.5% Eorðan landes. Sƿā fram Mǣdmōnaþe þæs 2013. gēares, his landƿare ƿæs geteald sƿā nēan 565 milliona manna. Hē is þridda ƿorulddǣl æfter brǣdo, æfter Asia and Affrica, and fēorþa in landƿare æfter Asia, Affrica, and Europe.

Norþ America gefēged ymbeƿoruldlyftfæt biliþ

Middan þām þūsendum gēara þǣr inlendisca landƿara ƿunedon on þǣm ƿorulddǣle, cynd ƿræsnaþ and getēon. Fyrndōmlǣreras oft namedon missenlicu cynd þā hī afindaþ æfter þǣm lande þǣr hī ƿǣron afunden. Ān of ealdestum cyndum þe is ǣr afunden is Clovis Cynd fram land þe is nū Nīƿe Mexico. Ōðru geongu bisen is þæt cynd hringa þe is gehāten Hlæƿ Byldan (ēac Fort Ƿalton Cynd), þe ƿæs afunden be þǣre Mississippi ēa. Hī blēoƿon fram 300 BCE tō 150 CE. * Fruma