Ohthere sæde his hlaforde, | Othhere said [to] his lord, Ælfrede cyninge, thæt he | Ælfred king, that he of all ealra Northmonna northmest | Northmen northmost abode. bude. He cwæth thæt he | He quoth that he abode bude on thæm lande northweardum | on the land northward against with tha West-sæ. | the West Sea. He said, He sæde theah thæt thæt land | though, that that land was sie swithe lang north thonan; | [or extended] much north ac hit is eall weste, buton on | thence; eke it is all waste, feawum stowum styccemælum | but [except that] on few stows wiciath Finnas, on huntothe | [in a few places] piecemeal on wintra, and on sumera on | dwelleth Finns, on hunting on fiscathe be thære sæ. He | winter, and on summer on sæde thæt he æt sumum cirre | fishing by the sea. He said wolde fandian hu longe thæt | that he at some time [on one land northryhte læge, oththe | occasion] would seek how long hwæther ænig monn be northan | that land lay northright [due thæm westenne bude. Tha | north], or whether any man by for he northryhte be thæm | north of the waste abode. lande: let him ealne weg | Then fore [fared] he northright, thæt weste land on thæt steorbord, | by the land: left all the and tha wid-sæ on thæt | way that waste land on the bæcbord thrie dagas. Tha | starboard of him, and the wide wæs he swa feor north swa tha | sea on the backboard [port, hwæl-huntan firrest farath. | French _babord_] three days. | Then was he so far north as | the whale-hunters furthest | fareth.