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''Þes tramet is ymbe þā Belgiscan burg. For ōðrum stōƿumstōwum hātaþ Gænt sēo [[Gænt (scīrung)]]. ''
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'''Gænt''' (''Gent'' on [[Niðerlandisc sprǣc|Niðerlendisce]], ''Gand'' on [[Frencisc sprǣc|Frencisce]], nū ''Ghent'' and ȝēogēo ''Gaunt'' in [[Nīwu EngliscNīwenglisc sprǣc|Nīƿum EnglisceNīwenglisce]]) is [[burgscīpe]] in [[Flandras|Flandrum]], þe is sum þāra þrēora dǣla [[Belgaland]]es, and in þǣre Flandriscan mǣȝðemǣgðe [[Ēastflandras|Ēastflandrum]] and hit is hire hēafodburg. Gæntes middan is æt þǣm ȝemȳðumgemȳðum þāra ēana [[Scheldt]] and [[Leie River|Leie]]. Hit liȝþligþ æt tƿiƿeȝetwiwege þāra [[Europisc weg|Europiscra weȝawega]] [[Europisc weg E17|E17]] and [[Europisc weg E40|E40]].
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In þǣm [[burgscipe]] sind Gænt ċeasterceaster and þā ċeastraceastra [[Afsnee]], [[Desteldonk]], [[Drongen]], [[Gentbrugge]], [[Ledeberg]], [[Mariakerke]], [[Mendonk]], [[Oostakker]], [[Sint-Amandsberg]], [[Sint-Denijs-Westrem]], [[Sint-Kruis-Winkel]], [[Wondelgem]], and [[Zwijnaarde]]. On 1 dæȝedæge Æfterran ȜēolanGēolan 2005, 230,951 ƿunodewunode in Gænte. And þǣrinne sind 156.18 [[square kilometer|km²]] landes, þe ȝetācnaþgetācnaþ [[lēodrǣdenne þiccnes]] 1468.5 ƿuniendawunienda be km². Be lēodrǣdenne is þis Belgies ōðer-mǣsta burgscīpe, and is Belgies fēorðmǣste bestryðung.
== Stǣr ==
Se scēat Gænt ƿæswæs ȝebūngebūn in Celtiscum tīdum. Se nama "Gænt" cymþ of þǣm Celtiscan ƿordeworde 'ganda', þe mǣnþ mētung t.b. tƿēȝratwēgra ēana (Scheldt and Lys).
Ne sind ȝeƿritenegewritene ȝemyndasgemyndas þǣre Rōmāniscan tīde, ac fyrnȝemyndleornungefyrngemyndleornunge ȝeondsmēagunggeondsmēagung āsēðeþ þæt se eard Gæntes ƿæswæs forþ ȝebūengebūen.
HƿonneHwonne þā Francas onƿōdononwōdon þā Rōmāniscan landrīcu (of þǣm ende þæs 4an ȝēarhundredesgēarhundredes and ƿelwel oþ þǣm 5an ȝēarhundredegēarhundrede) and brōhton hīe hira sprǣce mid him and Gænt ƿearþwearþ folde, hƿǣrhwǣr Celtisc and Lǣden ƿurdonwurdon ȝehƿorfengehworfen fram (ealdorliċumealdorlicum) Niðerlendisce.
Oþ þǣm 7oðan ȝēarhundredegēarhundrede, in Gænte ƿǣronwǣron tƿātwā (important) mynster: Sint-Pieters (625-650) and Sint-Baafs (650). Gænt ƿeaxodeweaxode of mæniȝfealdummænigfealdum frumum and þǣm mynstrum and ċēapungstedecēapungstede. Ymb ȝēargēar 800, Gænt ƿæswæs (important), for þǣm þe [[Louis the Pious]], sunu [[Charlemagne|CharlemaȝnesCharlemagnes]] lagode þæt [[Einhard]] sie abbod bēȝrabēgra mynstra. Einhard ƿrātwrāt līfƿrītungelīfwrītunge CharlemaȝnesCharlemagnes cynunges FrancrīċesFrancrīces.
Þā ēa flēoƿonflēowon in foldan hƿǣrhwǣr fela landes ƿæswæs hƿīlumhwīlum oferflēded mid gōde gærse, and scylc land ion Flandrisce hātte ''meersen'', þe seȝþsegþ "hammas", and þæt ƿordword ''meers'' is cynn þæs ƿordeswordes "mærsc", ac þēos ''meersen'' ne sind ā under ƿætrewætre. Þis land ƿæswæs sƿīðeswīðe gōd for scēapum þe macodon ƿullwull for clāðum. SōþlīċeSōþlīce ƿæswæs Gænt in Middelre Ielde sēo hefiȝostehefigoste burg for clāðe.
Oþ þǣm 13oðan ȝēarhundredegēarhundrede Gænt ƿæswæs sēo mǣste ċeasterceaster būton [[Paris]]e and ċeastrumceastrum in [[Italia]]m. Binnan his ƿeallumweallum ƿunodewunode 60,000 oþþe 65,000. Hit ƿæswæs grēatora þonne [[Lunden]] and [[Köln]] and [[MoscoƿMoscow]]. In his middan sind ȝīetgīet mæniȝfealdemænigfealde grēate torras: se [[belletorr]] and þā ōðre torras þæs mynstres and Sint-Niklaas cyriċeancyricean are just a few examples of what could be called the 'Manhattan of the Middle Ages'.
Gænt ƿæswæs burg, hƿǣrhwǣr sēo wullbīsgung, frumlīċefrumlīce ȝestaðelodgestaðelod æt [[Bricg]]e, scōp þone ǣrestan Europiscan bīsgungeodor in þǣre Hēan Middelielde; the mercantile zone was so highly-developed that wool had to be imported from England. Þis ƿæswæs ān þāra raca for Flanderes gōdum sibbe mid Englalande.
== GlīƿsīðungGlīwsīðung ==
[[Biliþ:BelfortGent.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Belfry]] of Gænt. Behindan Him is Sanctes Nicholas ċiriċecirice ȝesīenegesīene.]]
Much of the city's [[medieval]] [[architecture]] remains intact and is remarkably well preserved. Its center is the largest [[Auto-free zone|carfree area]] in Belgium. Interesting highlights are the [[Saint Bavo Cathedral]] with the [[Ghent Altarpiece]], the [[belfry]], the [[gravensteen]], and the [[Graslei]]. The city is host to some big cultural events such as the [[Gentse Feesten]], [[I Love Techno]], [[Flanders International Film Festival Ghent]] and [[Festival van Vlaanderen]]. Night bus services (weekends only) are free of charge.
In Gænte is ƿīdwīd hȳþ and þǣrtō scytt '''Ghent-Terneuzen Canal''' ƿæterƿeȝwæterweg of [[Terneuzen]] ċeastreceastre þe is on sǣriman [[ǷesterscheldeWesterschelde]] flēotes.
In Gænte ƿearþwearþ ācenned [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] and he ƿearþwearþ [[HāliȝHālig Rōmisc Cāsere]] and [[Cyning Hispaniae]]. and þǣr ēac ƿearþwearþ ācenned [[John of Gaunt]], [[Dux Lonceastres]]. Þǣr man underseȝlodeunderseglode se [[Treaty of Ghent]] and hit in ǣƿeǣwe endode þā [[Gūðe ȜēaresGēares 1812]] betƿēoxbetwēox [[United Kingdom|Brytene]] and þǣm [[United States|USA]].
== Sēo ēac ==
* [[Brycg (burh)]], [[Antwerpen]], [[Hasselt]]
== ŪtanƿeardeŪtanwearde bendas ==
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* [http://www.gent.be Ambihtlicu webbstōw] - ȜefrǣgeGefrǣge ȝearugearu ymbe [[Dutch language|Niðerlendisc]], [[English language|NīƿeNīwe Englisc]], [[French language|Frencisc]] and [[Þēodisc sprǣc|Þēodisce]]
* http://www.use-it.be/gent/eng/ Gænt ȝeongumgeongum
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