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Prom hence to the north-west is that land which is called Angle, with Sellinde, and some other parts of Dene . To the north is Apdrede , and to the north-east the Wolds , which are called AEfeldan . From hence eastwards is Wineda-land , otherwise called Sysyle . To the south-west, at some distance, is the Macroaro , and these have to the west the Thyringas and Behemas, as also part of the Baegthware, all of whom have been already mentioned.
That is, both inhabiting North Jutland and the islands of Funen, Zeeland, Langland, Laland, and Falster. Forst. Formerly called Apdrede, and explained to be the Obotrites. Alluding, doubtless, to the country from whence the Saxons who inhabited England had come of old.
Hence to the west-north is that land which is called Angleland, Sealand, and some part of Den- marc; to the north is Apdrede, and to the east-north the wolds, which are called the Heath-wolds.
These are the Obotrites, a Venedic nation, settled in Mecklenburgh, who are called, a little farther on, the Afdrede. They were not, however, to the north-east of Old Saxony, but rather to the eastwards. Perhaps the copyist inserted north instead of east, or rather we ought to read thus: "To the north-east is Apdrede, and to the north the Wolds." Forst.
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