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The Burgundians have the same arm of the sea to the west of them, and the Sweons to the north; to the east of them are the Sarmatians, and to the south the Servians.

Then, after the land of the Burgundians, we had on our left the lands that have been called from the earliest times Blekingey, and Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, all which territory is subject to the Sweons; and Weonodland was all the way on our right, as far as Weissel-mouth. The Weissel is a very large river, and near it lie Witland and Weonodland.

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.

The Sweons have to the south of them the same arm of the sea, called Ost Sea; to the east of them the Sarmatians; and to the north, over the wastes, is Cwenland; to the west-north of them are the Scride- Finnas, and to the west the Northmen. "Ohthere told his lord, King Alfred, that he lived to the north of all the Northmen.