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'''WorulddǣlasǷorulddǣlas''' sind þā mǣstan land on þǣre woruldeƿorulde. Be sōðe tǣcneþ ''worulddǣlƿorulddǣl'' ǣnig dǣl þǣre woruldeƿorulde, ac þæt wordƿord is gebrocen hēr tō hātenna þā seofon (rihtor seoxe) mǣstra landa on þǣre woruldeƿorulde. Hī sind [[Asia]], [[Affrica]], [[Norþamerica|Norðerne WīnlandǷīnland]], [[Sūðamerica|Sūðerne WīnlandǷīnland]], se [[Antarctica|Andnorða]], [[Europe]], and [[Australia|Sūþland]]. Europe is sōþlīce arm Asie, and for þǣm mæg man hī ætgædere "[[Eurasia]]" hātaþ.
Tō bēacnienne þæt man willeƿille be ānum þisra landa sprecan, mæg man "hēafodlic" tō geīhtnesse brūcan, tō bisene: Hēafodlic worulddǣlƿorulddǣl.
=== Rīm þāra WorulddǣlaǷorulddǣla ===
In gēardagum segede man þe þēos woruldƿoruld wæsƿæs in þrim dǣlum bedǣled - þæt is Europe, Asia and Affrica<ref>Swā sægþ [[Orosius]]</ref>. Þis wæsƿæs ǣr westerneƿesterne menn afundon American and Australie and Antarctican.
Nū mōt man secgan þe siex worulddǣlasƿorulddǣlas hæfþ þēos woruldƿoruld oþþe seofon gif America biþ twegentƿegen; ēac sægþ man þe þǣr sīen fēowerfēoƿer, fīf, siex oððe seofon:
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|'''7 worulddǣlasƿorulddǣlas'''<br /><ref name=NatlGeo>[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=world&Mode=d&SubMode=w World], ''[[National Geographic]] - [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ Xpeditions Atlas].'' 2006. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society.</ref><ref name=EB>"[http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9361501 Continent]". ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. 2006. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.</ref><ref name=Oxford1>''[[Oxford English Dictionary|The New Oxford Dictionary of English]].'' 2001. New York: Oxford University Press.</ref><ref name=Encarta>"[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553387/Continent.html Continent]". ''[[Encarta|MSN Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2006]].''. [http://www.webcitation.org/5kwRKkaEZ Archived] 2009-10-31.</ref><ref name=Oxford2>"Continent". McArthur, Tom, ed. 1992. ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language''. New York: Oxford University Press; p. 260.</ref>
||<center><small><span style="background: #00cc00;"> </span></small> [[Norþamerica]]
||<center><small><span style="background: #008000;"> </span></small> [[Sūðamerica]]
||<center><small><span style="background: #c04080;"> </span></small> Australia
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|'''6 continents'''<br /><ref name="OU">Océano Uno, Diccionario Enciclopédico y Atlas Mundial, "Continente", page 392, 1730. ISBN 84-494-0188-7</ref><ref name="LCC">Los Cinco Continentes (The Five Continents), Planeta-De Agostini Editions, 1997. ISBN 84-395-6054-0</ref><!-- NOTE: Both references mention ''Oceanía'' instead of ''Australia''. -->
|colspan="2" |<center><small><span style="background: #00cc00;"> </span><span style="background: #008000;"> </span></small> [[America]]
||<center><small><span style="background: #0040ff;"> </span></small> Antarctica
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