sermende

Updated: July 25, 2025

To the east are the Sermende, to the south the Surfe . The Sweons have to the south the arm of the sea called Ost, and to the north, over the wastes, is Cwenland , to the north-west are the Scride-finnas , and the North-men are to the west . We shall now speak of Greca-land or Greece, which lies south of the Danube.

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Or perhaps it is wrong spelt for Wastaland or the Waste. Forst. Sermende is the mutilated and disguised name of Sarmatia, which did not exist under that name in the time of Alfred, but which he inserted on the authority of his original author Orosius. Forst.

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To the north-east of the Moroara or Moravians, are the Delamensen . East of the Delamensen are the Horithi ; and north of the Delamensen are the Surpe ; to the west also are the Syssele . To the north of the Horithi is Maegtha-land , and north of Maegtha-land is Sermende , quite to the Riffin , or the Riphean mountains.

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