Scīr

**Scīr** is dǣl þæs lande, an landdāl oþþe in eleland an underrīċes undertōdāl.

## Stær
In Bretene ƿǣron þa forman scīra ȝefundenon on Ƿestseaxum. Hīe ƿǣron dālas þæs rīċes for lēodƿearde and for dōme, ǣlċ under ānum ealdormenn and in æfterȝēarum ānum scirȝerefan.  Þā fram þǣm lande ādrifon Ƿestseaxna cyningas þa Dene þā ƿyrhtede hie scīra in eallum Englarīċe.  Ēac in þǣm ȝēarum ārærde Mælcolm II Cyning scīra on Scottum æfter þǣre Engliscan bisene and æftercyning Dauid I āsprēadede þis endebyrd.

Ƿillelm I cyning and his Frencisc hired brōhtedon to Englarīce þæt ƿord *counte* oþþe in Nīƿum Englisce *county* sƿā sƿā hīe namedon eorlas *count*.

In Irlande and on Ƿealum ƿǣron scīra ȝeūpāræred be Engliscum ȝesetnese, oþþæt þe oft folgedon hie ieldre eardum.

Mǣst þāra Bryttiscan scīrena nimaþ hiere naman æfter hierum hēafodburgum: sƿā ȝebisnunga Eoferƿīcscīr æfter Eoferƿīce, Oxnafordscīr after Oxnaforde, ac sume scīra nimaþ hiere naman fram ieldrum stedum, sƿā ȝebisnunga Defenascir, Cent and Fif þā ƿǣron rīċu in ȝēardagum.

Ēac ofersǣ land þæs Þēodacynewīsan and þā Ȝeānlǣht Rīcu American habbaþ scīra æfter þara Bryttiscan bisene.

In Europan and ellesum sind stedas þā meaht man namian *scīra*.

## Scira in missenlicum landum

## [[Australia]]
Þa ēastern riciu Australie, and dælas Ƿesternes Australie and Sūþaustralie sind bedæleden in scirum (under þæm naman *counties*).

Þa scira sind underbedæled in tunscipum in Niƿum Suþum Ƿealum, Uictorie, Tasmanie and Cƿenalande oððe hundredum in Suþaustralie.  Þa *counties* nabbaþ ne gerecbrūnung and hie sind ungecnaƿen on mæst þæm Australiacynn.

In Australisce landbocunge sind *counties* þæt forma landgemet.

Scira for stoƿelican gerecþegnunga in Australie sind under þæm naman *shires*, ēac mid *municipalities*.

## [[Canada]]
On Canade, sind tien underriciu bedæleden in scirum. 

In Ontarioe and Niƿum Scotlande sind þas scira stoƿelicu gerecþegnung earda, ac in Nīƿum Brunsƿice, Quebece and Eadƿeard Æþeling Iega sind hie nu landgemet.

Mæst scira habbað þærin *municipalities*, ac sume sind ane miclu ceaster. In norþerne Ontarioe and norþerne Quebece, sind þas landdālas boldgetalu (*districts*) ne scira.  In landum mid manigum burgum in suþerne middle Ontarioe sind nīƿe *regional municipalities* for stoƿelicre gerecþegnunga, ne scira.

* In Saskatchewane, Manitobe, and Niƿgefundenlande and Labradore sind bedælunga (*divisions*) ne scira.
* Alberta hæfþ missenlica earda.  Sume sind scira (*counties*).
* Bryttisc Columbia hæfþ eahta scira for doman.
* Þæt Geokon Land is an boldgetæla.
* Þa Norþƿesterne Land and Nunavut sind in boldgetælan bedæleden.

## Geānede Cynerice

Þæt Geānede Cynerīce is bedælede in tƿa and nigontig eardfæstum scirum.

For stoƿlicre gerecþegnunga hæfþ þæt Cynerice mænigfealde sōcna mid missenlicum namum.  Stoƿlice gerecþegnung scira in Englalande sindon ceasterniscan scira and unceasterniscan scira, and on Norþƿealum sind "scira" and "scirburgscipas".  (Beforan 1975 ƿæron *administrative counties* (gerecþegnung scira) and scirburgscipu þa ƿæron gearærde in 1889.) Būton in Bearrucscire, ælcu unceasterniscu scira on Englum hæfþ scirgeþinge.  Þa mæra scira and eall ceasterniscan scira sind gedæled in boldgetalum, ælc boldgetæl mid his agan geþinge.

In Norþerne Irlande ƿæron þa siexe scirgeþingu and scirburgescipgeþingu geended in 1973 and in hiere stedum sind 26 stoƿlicu gerecþegnung boldgetalu. Þa siexe eardfæstan scira abidað in gemænelicum nytte for mænigefealdum ƿisum.

In 1889 (Englalande and Ƿealum), 1890 (Scotland) and 1899 (Irland) ƿæron þa forman scirgeþingas geuparæred; hiere scira (oððe "gerec scira") folgeden þa eardfæstan scira. Endniƿung in 1965 and 1974-1976 aƿendedon þa gerecþegnung carte icle; hie scopon niƿa scira oft felaungelic þa eardfæstan scira on Englum and Ƿealum, and micla regia on Scottum buton scirum.  Æfterbetung in 1992-1996 aƿendedon þa gerecþegnung carte edniƿe.

## Irland Cyneƿise
Irland Īege is bedæled in 32 scīra, hƿærof 26 sind Irland-cyneƿise and 6 sind Norðerne Īrland.

Þas scira sind be ealdgesegene gesamned in feoƿer underriciu - Leinster (tƿeolf scīra), Munster (siexe scīra) Connaught (fif scīra) and Uladstir (þrie scīr, ac siexe Uladstires scīra sind Norðern Irland).  Ælce scīr hæfþ "scīr geþinge".  Þa underrīciu nabbað ne onƿeald.

Þæt getæl and þa mæru þara gerec scirena þære Iriscan Cyneƿise ƿæron onƿended fram 1990. Difelinscīr ƿæs gebrocen in þrim: Dun Laoghaire-Raþdoƿn, Fingal, and Suþ Difelin - Difelin-ceaster ƿæs geo scirburgscipe. Ēac sōþlic is gerec-"Tipperary Scīr" gedælede in tƿæm gerecþegnungum scirum, þa hatað Norþ Tipperary and Suþ Tipperary. Þa miclu ceasterniscan stedas, Corc, Galƿæg, Limerice, and Ƿeðerford sind scīrburgscipas, bedæled fram hierum scīrum. Forþæm hæfþ seo Cyneƿise feoƿer and þeortig scīrhad geþingu.

Naþylæs, þa siexe and tƿeontig scīra and hiere landgemæro ƿuniað be æƿe http://www.osi.ie/mapping/FAQ/areasMeasurements.shtml.  Þas scīra and underrīciu abidað in gemænige bryce, and scīrfæstnes is geforþgestranged be stōƿlice holdscipe and gamen.

## [[Cina]]
Man broceð þæt ƿord "scir" to aƿendenne þæt Cinisc ƿord *xiàn*.  In þære Folclican Cyneƿīsum Cīnum, scira sind þæt stoƿlic gerecþgnung þing under þæm ealdormanndome, se is under þæm underrice.

In þara landum þara Hanƿara (oþþe "ealdum Cinan") sind 2,000 scira, þas habbaþ abiden siððan þa Han Caserecynn (206 BC - AD 220).  Seo scir is an þara ieldestan onƿealda in Cinan; þa underriciu ƿæron be þæm Yuan Caserecynn (1279 - 1368) uparæred.  Seo scir ƿæs hēahþegnung in caserelicum Cinan forþæm ƿæs hit se stoƿlicosta onƿeald þæs caserelican ƿealdes, under an scirgerefan.

## [[Ȝeānedu Rīcu American|Geānedu Rīcu American]]

thumb|300px|right|Landscīte ymbe American mid scīra mearcum.
Þa scīra sind in 48 þara 50 rīce þāra Geāneda Rīca American landsceap oþþe tōþegnung dālas fæst under þǣm rīce, and ofer þǣm burgscipe oþþe tunscipe.

Louisiana hæfþ þing gelic scīra ac hiere nama is *parish* (tūnsocn). Alaska is bedæled in burgscipum.

In tƿǣm rīcum and dǣl þridde hæfþ gesetnes beended scīr tōþegnung, and seo scīr is āngilde landsceap.

## [[Liberia]]
Liberia hæfþ 15 scira.  Ælcu cieseþ tƿegen ealdor to þæm Liberisc Senate.

## [[Liþuania]]
*Apskritis* is þæt Liþuanisc ƿord for scir. Siþþan 1994 hæfþ Liþuania 10 scira (beforan 1950 ƿæron 20). Þære scire ānglide þegnung is scirgerefscipe.  Se scirgerefa is ƿeard æ and gereces in þæm scire.

## [[Swēoland|Sƿēoland]] and [[Finnland]]
Sƿeoland hæfþ to cynn dæla; þæt *landskap* and þæt *län*.  In þæm Niƿan Engliscan gereorde is hit geþeaƿe to aƿendienne *landskap* (se is on Englisce "landsceap") sƿa *province* and *län" sƿa *county* (se is scir) oððæt ðe *län" is neor "híernes" oððe "scipfylleþ".  Finnland ƿæs dæl Sƿeorices oððæt 1815 and hæfþ þa ilcan landmet, ac from 1634 to 1997

Þa *landskap* sindon eardfæst.  Sƿeoland hæfþ 25 *landskap*.  Hie nabbaþ ne gerecþegnung bruc.  Þa *landskap* sind in gemænige bryce, and sind þa landsceap hƿærto Sƿeonas habbaþ stoƿlicum holdscipe.

Þa *län* ƿæron uparæsed in 1634 in Sƿeolande and Finnlande. Sƿeoland hæfþ nu 21 *län*, ælc mid ealdormann and geþinge.  In Finnlande ƿæron 12 *lääni* ac siððan 1997. 6 *lääni* (and siððan þæm geare Finnas aƿendað *lään* oððe *län* on Niƿe Englisce sƿa "region", se is "regio").

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