Iordan

Iordan sēo ēa (Hebrēisce: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן Nahar ha-Yarden; Arabisc: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ Nahr al-Urdun) is ēa þæs Hāligan Lande sēo iernð 157 mīla of þæm beorgum on Libane þurh Coferflōd to þæm Dēadan Sǣ. Iordan is se landgemearc beƿtuh Israhēl (mid þæm Palestiniscum Landscipum) be ƿesten him and Iordanrīce be ēasten him. Golan þā Beorgas and se is Israhēles læppa siððan his geƿinn ƿiþ Syrie līð ēac be ēasten Iordan þære ēa. Þæt Hascemisce Cynerīce þæs Iordanes nimþ his naman þære ēa. Þēos ēa is micel tācn on Iudēum and on Crīstnum forþæm Israhēlþēod fremmedon hiera inngange ðæs Gehātlandes ofer Iordane and þȳ betācneþ Iordan ƿǣres duru. Ēac in þisse flōd fōn Iesus fulluht of Iohannes se Fulluhtere.