Genf
Genf is miclu burg sēo līþ æt Genfmeres hēafde, and hē giefþ his naman ēac þæm lande hwærin standeþ sēo ceaster. Genf is Switsa burg siððan 1814, þær acnyht Genf Cynewīse þone Switsisc Āþgebeorscipen swa mægþ þæs rīces.
In Genfceastre and in Genfland spricaþ menn Frencisc þæs Arpitan aganspræce.
Genfburg[adihtan | ādihtan fruman]
Eormenlofful is Genf for his feohport, and ēac mæg hit to woruldwīd stede for rīcecræfte and forþæm þe manig gegaderunga þāra eorþe rīca sittaþ hēr. Ēac in þǣre byrig cwaþ man þā Genf Sehtas, ymbe wigdihte and herenuman.
Genfland[adihtan | ādihtan fruman]
Genf sēo Cynewīse and Mægþ (Frencisc: la république et canton de Genève) is Swisslandes westernmeste mægþ. Genf wæs his āgan rīce oð 1798 and for twæm gearum oð 1815, þone weard hit Swisslandes mægþ.
Iohannes Caluin brōhtede þā Cirice Ednīwunge on Genfwarum in 1536 and þær staþolede gearwutle Oncweðend cirice sēo þegnede swa gelicnes for manig Caluiniscum cirican on Europan and eallum middangearde. In Genfe heald sēo cirice þæt land fæst under Godlicum rīce and oncweðendum þurh manige gearas. In Genf cwōmon manig leorningcnihtas and prēostas forþæm þe hie mōt leonan fram Genfes cirice and witum.
In 1798 inswōg sēo Frencisc Forma Cynewīse his land and hit weard Frencisc départment. Æfter Napoleon wiþtēah wæs Genfland eft frēoh and Swissland ēac and in 1814 gerād sē Wien Gegædrung þe Genf sceall weorþan Switsisc. In 1815 mid Swissum Genf ānlæhtede.