Se Tasmansǣ is þæt grēate wæter betweox Australie and Nīwum Sǣlande; hē is hūhwega 2,000 þūsendmetera (oþþe 1,250 mīla) brād. Hit is nēan 2,800 þūsendmetera fram norþmestum dǣle oþ sūðan. Hit is sūþwesterne dǣl þæs Sūðernan Sericus Gārsecges. Se sǣ wæs nemned æfter þǣm Niðerlendiscan aspyrgiende Abel Tasman, þe wæs se forma cūþa Europisca tō sēonne Nīwe Sǣland and Tasmanie. Se Bryttisca aspyrgiende Stēormann Iacobus Cōc þǣræfter wīdlīce sæglode ofer þǣm Tasmansǣwe in þǣm 1770 gēarum, dōnde dǣl his fare afindunge.