Creto

Creto (Crēacisc: Κρήτη) is īeg on Crēcum and þæs sǣeardiendan folces mǣste īegland be bredðe and menscipe. Ƿendelsǣs īega is Creto and on ðæm sǣ his mǣste æfter Sicilie, Sardinie, Cipros and Corsican. In brime līð Creto æt þæs Egiscan Sǣs sūðernum ecge. Nān īegland līð be sūðen hie oð Ǣgyptes rīm.

Creto hæfþ micel dæl þæs Crēciscan ƿelignesse and hæfþ his sundor ƿisan in scopcræfte and leodscipe.

In geardagum ƿæs Creto Minoaisces folces eard, þā libbedon ymbe 2700–1420 Beforan Cristes cyme, ār cƿōm oðer burgbūend ðēod on Europan.^[1]

1. ↑ Ancient Crete Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics