Sēo stǣr Wihte inhæfþ sceort fæc tīde swā selfstandende cynerīce in þǣre 15<sup>an</sup> ielde. Oþ 1995, swā Jersey and Guernsey, hæfde sēo īeg Gereca. [n 1]
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