Se Englisca nama Wendelsǣ cymþ of þǣm Wendelum, þe wǣron Germanisc folc þæt hæfde þā sǣburg Cartaine gewunnen. Ac se Wendelsǣ hæfþ manige ōðere naman þurh manncynnes stǣr gehæfd. Tō bisene, hine þā Rōmāne hēton oft Mare Nostrum (Lǣden word þe mǣneþ ūre sǣ). In þǣre Biblioþēcan, hātte hē se Grēata Sǣ oþþe se Westerna Sǣ. Þæt Nīwenglisce word Mediterranean cymþ of Lǣdenum worde mediterraneus þe mǣneþ 'in þǣm middle þæs landes' (medius mǣneþ 'middel' and terra mǣneþ 'land' oþþe 'eorðe')