Wiht (īeg)

Þis geƿrit is ymbe þā īege. For ƿist and gāstas, sēo Ƿiht (ƿist) Ƿiht /wiçt/, cūþ fyrnum Rōmānum sƿā Vectis, is scīr and sēo grīetteste īeg Englalandes, gefunden in þǣre Engliscan Sǣ, on medumum ymbe 3 oþ 5 mīla (5 tō 8 km) of þǣm strande Hāmtūnscīre, gescēaden of hēafodlande Geānlǣhtes Cynerīces be þǣre nearunesse gecīeged þā Solente. Sēo īeg hæfþ syndrige sōcnstedas þe sind geƿesen frēoldagum færeldendas siþþan tīde Victoriae. Sēo stǣr Ƿihte inhæfþ sceort fæc tīde sƿā selfstandende cynerīce in þǣre 15an ielde. Oþ 1995, sƿā Jersey and Guernsey, hæfde sēo īeg Gereca. [n 1] Sēo Ƿihte ƿæs dǣl Hāmtūnscīre oþ 1890, þonne hēo ƿearþ selfstandende tōþegnungscīr. Oþ 1974 dǣlde hēo forþ þone Hlāfordstedehealdere Hāmtūnscīre þonne hē ƿearþ eftsetted sƿā unealdorburglic geƿunelic scīr, þe gifþ his āgene Hlāfordstedehealdere and man oncnēoƿ hine sƿā postlicu scīr. His hrædosta tōgang of þǣm hēafodlande is of Sūþsǣ (Portesmūðan) mid hƿearfungscipe, þā hƿīle þe fīf hēafodgefǣrþegnung fereþ ofer þǣre Solente.