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Se '''Ƿendelsǣ''' is [[sǣ]] betƿeox [[Europe]], þe is benorðan him, and [[Affrica|Affrice]], þe is besūðan him, and [[Asia|Asie]], þe is beēastan him. Hē hæfþ mearce 2.5 þūsend þūsenda fēoƿerscētra þūsendmetera.
Se Englisca nama ''Ƿendelsǣ'' cymþ of þǣm [[Wendel|ǷendelWendlum]]um, þe ƿǣronwǣron Germanisc folc þæt hæfde þā sǣburg [[Cartaina|Cartaine]] geƿunnen. Ac se Ƿendelsǣ hæfþ manige ōðere naman þurh manncynnes stǣr gehæfd. Tō bisene, hine þā Rōmāne hēton oft ''Mare Nostrum'' (Lǣden ƿord þe mǣneþ ''ūre sǣ''). In þǣre [[Biblioþēce|Biblioþēcan]], hātte hē se Grēata Sǣ oþþe se Ƿesterna Sǣ. Þæt Nīƿenglisce ƿord ''Mediterranean'' cymþ of [[Lǣden]]um ƿorde ''mediterraneus'' þe mǣneþ 'in þǣm middle þæs landes' (''medius'' mǣneþ 'middel' and ''terra'' mǣneþ 'land' oþþe 'eorðe')
<center>[[Biliþ:Mediterranean Relief.jpg|650px|Landcarte of þǣm Wendelsǣ]]</center>
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Se Ƿendelsǣ is connected to the [[Atlantic OceanWestsǣ]] bybe theþǣre [[Strait ofCalpis GibraltarNearunes]]se onbe the westwesten and to themid [[PropontisProponditis]] and [[Euxinus]], by thebe [[DardanellesEllaspontus]] and the [[BosporusBosporos]] respectively, onbe the eastēasten. Oft hycgð man Propontis ǷendelsǣWendelsǣ dǣl, ac ne Euxinus. TheMangewrohtede man-madegedelf, [[Suez CanalGedelf]], þurh [[Ǣgypt]] inbe theWendelsǣs south-eastēastsūð connectsecge thehlincþ ǷendelsǣWendelsǣ mid þǣm [[Rēad Sǣ|Rēadan Sǣ]].
[[Tide]]s are very limited in the Ƿendelsǣ as a result of the narrow connection mid þǣm [[garsecg]].
