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'''Gænt''' (''Gent'' on [[Niðerlandisc sprǣc|Niðerlendisce]], ''Gand'' on [[Frencisc sprǣc|Frencisce]], nū ''Ghent'' and gēo ''Gaunt'' on [[Nīwenglisc sprǣc|NīwenglisceNīƿenglisce]]) is [[burgscīpe]] in [[Flandras|Flandrum]], þe is sum þāra þrēora dǣla [[Belgaland]]es, and in þǣre Flandriscan mǣgðe [[Ēastflandras|Ēastflandrum]] and hit is hire hēafodburg. Gæntes middan is æt þǣm gemȳðum þāra ēana [[Scheldt]] and [[Leie River|Leie]]. Hit ligþ æt twiwegetƿiƿege þāra [[Europisc weg|Europiscra wegaƿega]] [[Europisc weg E17|E17]] and [[Europisc weg E40|E40]].
[[Biliþ:04-08-15_Gent_01.jpg|left|300px]]
In þǣm [[burgscipe]] sind Gænt ceaster and þā ceastra [[Afsnee]], [[Desteldonk]], [[Drongen]], [[Gentbrugge]], [[Ledeberg]], [[Mariakerke]], [[Mendonk]], [[Oostakker]], [[Sint-Amandsberg]], [[Sint-Denijs-Westrem]], [[Sint-Kruis-Winkel]], [[Wondelgem]], and [[Zwijnaarde]]. On 1 dæge Æfterran Gēolan 2005, 230,951 wunodeƿunode in Gænte. And þǣrinne sind 156.18 [[square kilometer|km²]] landes, þe getācnaþ [[lēodrǣdenne þiccnes]] 1468.5 wuniendaƿunienda be km². Be lēodrǣdenne is þis Belgies ōðer-mǣsta burgscīpe, and is Belgies fēorðmǣste bestryðung.
== Stǣr ==
Se scēat Gænt wæsƿæs gebūn in Celtiscum tīdum. Se nama "Gænt" cymþ of þǣm Celtiscan wordeƿorde 'ganda', þe mǣnþ mētung t.b. twēgratƿēgra ēana (Scheldt and Lys).
Ne sind gewritenegeƿritene gemyndas þǣre Rōmāniscan tīde, ac fyrngemyndleornunge geondsmēagung āsēðeþ þæt se eard Gæntes wæsƿæs forþ gebūen.
HwonneHƿonne þā Francas onwōdononƿōdon þā Rōmāniscan landrīcu (of þǣm ende þæs 4an gēarhundredes and welƿel oþ þǣm 5an gēarhundrede) and brōhton hīe hira sprǣce mid him and Gænt wearþƿearþ folde, hwǣrhƿǣr Celtisc and Lǣden wurdonƿurdon gehworfengehƿorfen fram (ealdorlicum) Niðerlendisce.
Oþ þǣm 7oðan gēarhundrede, in Gænte wǣronƿǣron twātƿā (important) mynster: Sint-Pieters (625-650) and Sint-Baafs (650). Gænt weaxodeƿeaxode of mænigfealdum frumum and þǣm mynstrum and cēapungstede. Ymb gēar 800, Gænt wæsƿæs (important), for þǣm þe [[Louis the Pious]], sunu [[Charlemagne|Charlemagnes]] lagode þæt [[Einhard]] sie abbod bēgra mynstra. Einhard wrātƿrāt līfwrītungelīfƿrītunge Charlemagnes cynunges Francrīces.
Þā ēa flēowonflēoƿon in foldan hwǣrhƿǣr fela landes wæsƿæs hwīlumhƿīlum oferflēded mid gōde gærse, and scylc land ion Flandrisce hātte ''meersen'', þe segþ "hammas", and þæt wordƿord ''meers'' is cynn þæs wordesƿordes "mærsc", ac þēos ''meersen'' ne sind ā under wætreƿætre. Þis land wæsƿæs swīðesƿīðe gōd for scēapum þe macodon wullƿull for clāðum. Sōþlīce wæsƿæs Gænt in Middelre Ielde sēo hefigoste burg for clāðe.
Oþ þǣm 13oðan gēarhundrede Gænt wæsƿæs sēo mǣste ceaster būton [[Paris]]e and ceastrum in [[Italia]]m. Binnan his weallumƿeallum wunodeƿunode 60,000 oþþe 65,000. Hit wæsƿæs grēatora þonne [[Lunden]] and [[Köln]] and [[Moscow|Moscoƿ]]. In his middan sind gīet mænigfealde grēate torras: se [[belletorr]] and þā ōðre torras þæs mynstres and Sint-Niklaas cyricean are just a few examples of what could be called the 'Manhattan of the Middle Ages'.
Gænt wæsƿæs burg, hwǣrhƿǣr sēo wullbīsgungƿullbīsgung, frumlīce gestaðelod 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 wæsƿæs ān þāra raca for Flanderes gōdum sibbe mid Englalande.
== Glīwsīðung Glīƿsīðung ==
[[Biliþ:BelfortGent.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Belfry]] of Gænt. Behindan Him is Sanctes Nicholas cirice gesīene.]]
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 wīdƿīd hȳþ and þǣrtō scytt '''Ghent-Terneuzen Canal''' wæterwegƿæterƿeg of [[Terneuzen]] ceastre þe is on sǣriman [[Westerschelde]] flēotes.
In Gænte wearþƿearþ ācenned [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] and he wearþƿearþ [[Hālig Rōmisc Cāsere]] and [[Cyning Hispaniae]]. and þǣr ēac wearþƿearþ ācenned [[John of Gaunt]], [[Dux Lonceastres]]. Þǣr man underseglode se [[Treaty of Ghent]] and hit in ǣweǣƿe endode þā [[Gūðe Gēares 1812]] betwēoxbetƿēox [[United Kingdom|Brytene]] and þǣm [[United States|USA]].
== Sēo ēac ==
* [[Ghent University]]
* [[Brycg (burh)]], [[Antwerpen|Antƿerpen]], [[Hasselt]]
== Ūtanwearde Ūtanƿearde bendas ==
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* [http://www.gent.be Ambihtlicu webbstōwƿebbstōƿ] - Gefrǣge gearu ymbe [[Niðerlendisc sprǣc|Niðerlendisc]], [[Nīwenglisc sprǣc|NīwengliscNīƿenglisc]], [[Frencisc sprǣc|Frencisc]] and [[Þēodisc sprǣc|Þēodisc]]
* http://www.use-it.be/gent/eng/ Gænt geongum
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