Sinhale

Sinhale sind Indisc folc þæt oneardaþ Tāprabane þæt īegland and in þæm rīce sind Sinhale þrēo in ælcum fēoƿer his ƿunendas and fiftīene þūsend þūsenda Sinhala ƿuniað on Tāprabanan þæm īegalande. Hiere eard is in Taprabanan sūþernum, ƿesternum and middeldǣlum. In Tāpraban norðdǣl and ēastdæl sind Tamilas.

On Sinhalum folgaþ se hēafodrīm Buddendōm ac manig sind Crīstenan and geǣhtedu.

Of Indealand cōm þes folc in geardagum and hiere agansprǣc is of þæm gereordum of Norþindeum, þæs sprǣchēap se ƿitan nemnað 'Indo-Aryan'. Sinhala ealdsecgan teallaþ þe Sinhale cōmon sūþƿeard ofersǣ in þæm geare 543 gearas beforan Crīstes cyme and Vijaya Brego ƿæs hiera lādtēoƿ.

Þisses folces nama 'Sinhale' is of ealdum ƿordum se mǣnað 'of Lēoblōde'