Toscead betweox fadungum "Gænt"

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'''Gænt''' (''Gent'' on [[Niðerlandisc sprǣc|Niðerlendisce]], ''Gand'' on [[Frencisc sprǣc|Frencisce]], nū ''Ghent'' and ȝēo ''Gaunt'' in [[Nīwu Englisc sprǣc|Nīƿum Englisce]]) is [[burgscīpe]] in [[Flandras|Flandrum]], þe is sum þāra þrēora dǣla [[Belgaland]]es, and in þǣre Flandriscan mǣȝðe‏ [[Ēastflandras|Ēastflandrum]] and hit is hire hēafodburg. Gæntes middan is æt þǣm ȝemȳðum þāra ēana [[Scheldt]] and [[Leie River|Leie]]. Hit liȝþ æt tƿiƿeȝe þāra [[Europisc weg|Europiscra weȝa]] [[Europisc weg E17|E17]] and [[Europisc weg E40|E40]].

 

In þǣm [[burgscipe]] sind Gænt ċeaster and þā ċeastra [[Afsnee]], [[Desteldonk]], [[Drongen]], [[Gentbrugge]], [[Ledeberg]], [[Mariakerke]], [[Mendonk]], [[Oostakker]], [[Sint-Amandsberg]], [[Sint-Denijs-Westrem]], [[Sint-Kruis-Winkel]], [[Wondelgem]], and [[Zwijnaarde]]. On 1 dæȝe Æfterran Ȝēolan 2005, 230,951 ƿunode in Gænte. And þǣrinne sind 156.18 [[square kilometer|km²]] landes, þ‏e ȝetācnaþ [[lēodrǣdenne þiccnes]] 1468.5 ƿunienda be km². Be lēodrǣdenne is þis Belgies ōðer-mǣsta burgscīpe, and is Belgies fēorðmǣste bestryðung.

 

Se scēat Gænt ƿæs ȝebūn in Celtiscum tīdum. Se nama "Gænt" cymþ of þǣm Celtiscan ƿorde 'ganda', þe mǣnþ mētung t.b. tƿēȝra ēana (Scheldt and Lys).

Ne sind ȝeƿritene ȝemyndas þǣre Rōmāniscan tīde, ac fyrnȝemyndleornunge ȝeondsmēagung āsēðeþ þæt se eard Gæntes ƿæs forþ ȝebūen.

Gænt ƿæs burg, hƿǣr sēo wullbīsgung, frumlīċe ȝestaðelod 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 ƿæs ān þāra raca for Flanderes gōdum sibbe mid Englalande.

 

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 ƿīd hȳþ and þǣrtō scytt '''Ghent-Terneuzen Canal''' ƿæterƿeȝ of [[Terneuzen]] ċeastre þe is on sǣriman [[Ƿesterschelde]] flēotes.

 

 

 

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* http://www.use-it.be/gent/eng/ Gænt ȝeongum

 

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