Sweoland hæfþ to cynn dæla; þæt landskap and þæt län. In þæm Niwan Engliscan gereorde is hit geþeawe to awendienne landskap (se is on Englisce ""landsceap"") swa province and län"" swa county (se is scir) oððæt ðe län"" is neor ""híernes"" oððe ""scipfylleþ"". Finnland wæs dæl Sweorices oððæt 1815 and hæfþ þa ilcan landmet, ac from 1634 to 1997