Main Page: Difference between revisions

From Wikishire
Jump to navigation Jump to search
← Older editNewer edit →
RB (talk | contribs)
Bureaucrats, staff, Administrators
53,279 edits
Anglicised the holding page!
RB (talk | contribs)
Bureaucrats, staff, Administrators
53,279 edits
No edit summary
Line 2: Line 2:


----
----
[[Image:abc.gif|right]]
[[Image:abc.gif|right|230px]]
<br>
<br>
<span style="font-size:150%">'''Wikishire'''</span> is your [[Ae]] [[File:The Village of Ae.jpg|35px]] to [[Zennor]] [[File:Zennor from trewey hill cornwall.jpg|35px]] of Britain and Ireland. It is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.


<span style="font-size:150%">'''OFT'''</span> him anhaga are gebideð, metudes miltse, þeah þe he modcearig geond lagulade longe sceolde hreran mid hondum hrimcealde sæ wadan wræclastas. Wyrd bið ful aræd! Swa cwæð eardstapa, earfeþa gemyndig,  wraþra wælsleahta, winemæga hryre:  Oft ic sceolde ana uhtna gehwylce  mine ceare cwiþan. Nis nu cwicra nan  þe ic him modsefan minne durre  sweotule asecgan. Ic to soþe wat  þæt biþ in eorle indryhten þeaw,  þæt he his ferðlocan fæste binde,  healde his hordcofan, hycge swa he wille. Ne mæg werig mod wyrde wiðstondan,  ne se hreo hyge helpe gefremman.  Forðon domgeorne dreorigne oft  in hyra breostcofan bindað fæste;  swa ic modsefan minne sceolde,  oft earmcearig, eðle bidæled,  freomægum feor feterum sælan,  siþþan geara iu goldwine minne  hrusan heolstre biwrah, ond ic hean þonan  wod wintercearig ofer waþema gebind, sohte seledreorig sinces bryttan,  hwær ic feor oþþe neah findan meahte  þone þe in meoduhealle mine wisse,  oþþe mec freondleasne frefran wolde,  wenian mid wynnum. Wat se þe cunnað  hu sliþen bið sorg to geferan  þam þe him lyt hafað leofra geholena:  warað hine wræclast, nales wunden gold,  ferðloca freorig, nalæs foldan blæd.  Gemon he selesecgas ond sincþege,  hu hine on geoguðe his goldwine  wenede to wiste. Wyn eal gedreas!  Forþon wat se þe sceal his winedryhtnes  leofes larcwidum longe forþolian:  ðonne sorg ond slæð somod ætgædre  earmne anhogan oft gebindað.  þinceð him on mode þæt he his mondryhten  clyppe ond cysse, ond on cneo lecge  honda ond heafod, swa he hwilum ær  in geardagum giefstolas breac.  Ðonne onwæcneð eft wineleas guma,  gesihð him biforan fealwe wegas,  baþian brimfuglas, brædan feþra,  hreosan hrim ond snaw hagle gemenged.  Þonne beoð þy hefigran heortan benne,  sare æfter swæsne. Sorg bið geniwad  þonne maga gemynd mod geondhweorfeð; greteð gliwstafum, georne geondsceawað  secga geseldan; swimmað oft on weg  fleotendra ferð no þær fela bringeð  cuðra cwidegiedda. Cearo bið geniwad  þam þe sendan sceal swiþe geneahhe  ofer waþema gebind werigne sefan.  Forþon ic geþencan ne mæg geond þas woruld  for hwan modsefa min ne gesweorce  þonne ic eorla lif eal geondþence,  hu hi færlice flet ofgeafon,  modge maguþegnas. Swa þes middangeard  ealra dogra gehwam dreoseð ond fealleð;  forþon ne mæg weorþan wis wer, ær he age  wintra dæl in woruldrice. Wita sceal geþyldig, ne sceal no to hatheort ne to hrædwyrde,  ne to wac wiga ne to wanhydig,  ne to forht ne to fægen, ne to feohgifre  ne næfre gielpes to georn, ær he geare cunne.  Beorn sceal gebidan, þonne he beot spriceð,  oþþæt collenferð cunne gearwe  hwider hreþra gehygd hweorfan wille.  Ongietan sceal gleaw hæle hu gæstlic bið,  þonne ealre þisse worulde wela weste stondeð,  swa nu missenlice geond þisne middangeard  winde biwaune weallas stondaþ,  hrime bihrorene, hryðge þa ederas.  Woriað þa winsalo, waldend licgað  dreame bidrorene, duguþ eal gecrong,  wlonc bi wealle. Sume wig fornom,  ferede in forðwege, sumne fugel oþbær  ofer heanne holm, sumne se hara wulf  deaðe gedælde, sumne dreorighleor  in eorðscræfe eorl gehydde.  Yþde swa þisne eardgeard ælda scyppend  oþþæt burgwara breahtma lease  eald enta geweorc idlu stodon.  Se þonne þisne wealsteal wise geþohte  ond þis deorce lif deope geondþenceð,  frod in ferðe, feor oft gemon  wælsleahta worn, ond þas word acwið:  Hwær cwom mearg? Hwær cwom mago?  Hwær cwom maþþumgyfa?  Hwær cwom symbla gesetu? Hwær sindon seledreamas?  Eala beorht bune! Eala byrnwiga!  Eala þeodnes þrym! Hu seo þrag gewat,  genap under nihthelm, swa heo no wære.  Stondeð nu on laste leofre duguþe  weal wundrum heah, wyrmlicum fah.  Eorlas fornoman asca þryþe,  wæpen wælgifru, wyrd seo mære,  ond þas stanhleoþu stormas cnyssað,  hrið hreosende hrusan bindeð,  wintres woma, þonne won cymeð,  nipeð nihtscua, norþan onsendeð  hreo hæglfare hæleþum on andan.  Eall is earfoðlic eorþan rice,  onwendeð wyrda gesceaft weoruld under heofonum.  Her bið feoh læne, her bið freond læne,  her bið mon læne, her bið mæg læne,  eal þis eorþan gesteal idel weorþeð!  Swa cwæð snottor on mode, gesæt him sundor æt rune.  Til biþ se þe his treowe gehealdeþ, ne sceal næfre his torn to rycene  beorn of his breostum acyþan, nemþe he ær þa bote cunne,  eorl mid elne gefremman. Wel bið þam þe him are seceð,  frofre to Fæder on heofonum, þær us eal seo fæstnung stondeð
<center>
[[File:Fratercula arctica -Shetland, UK-8.jpg|center|100px|]]
From the [[Shetland]] islands
 
[[File:Pingwinisko.JPG|center|100px|]]
To the [[South Shetland Islands]]
</center>
 
- '''Wikishire''' is where you are.
 
Tell the world what you love about your home.  Each shire, from [[Kent]] to [[County Kerry|Kerry]] is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on,
 
::<big>'''Add it and Edit'''</big>
 
<br>
{{todaysimage}}

Revision as of 13:09, 29 August 2010

Welcome to Wikishire
Error creating thumbnail: File missing



Wikishire is your Ae to Zennor of Britain and Ireland. It is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.

From the Shetland islands

To the South Shetland Islands

- Wikishire is where you are.

Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from Kent to Kerry is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on,

Add it and Edit


Today's featured image is:

The Quay at Dunbar in East Lothian

Dunbar

Dunbar is a town and royal burgh in East Lothian on the northern spur of the coastline. It stands some 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

The town's strategic position has given it a history full of incident and strife; it is first recorded as the stronghold of a Northumbrian thegn and in the ages of war between the two kingdoms, Dunbar was strongly fortified and for fought over repeatedly. Today, Dunbar has become a quiet dormitory town popular with workers in nearby Edinburgh, who find it an affordable alternative to the city itself. (Read more)

Retrieved from "https://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=869"