Jon—that is, “Given”—was a sea-king, born at Alderga, who sailed from the Flymeer with a fleet of 127 ships fitted out for a long voyage, and laden with amber, tin, copper, cloth, linen, felt, otter-skins, beaver and rabbit skins.
Jon—that is, “Given”—was a sea-king, born at Alberga, who sailed from the Flymeer with a fleet of 127 ships fitted out for a long voyage, and laden with amber, tin, copper, cloth, linen, felt, otter-skins, beaver and rabbit skins.
The seafaring men of Stavoren and Alderga would gladly have gone to Jon, but the great fleet was out on a distant voyage; so they proceeded in their small fleet to Medeasblik, and kept themselves concealed in a sheltered place behind trees.
Tha stjurar fon Stâvora ånd fon thåt Alderga hêdon hini gêrn to Jonis togen, men tha grâte flâte wêre vppen fêre tocht ût.
To tha lersta kêmon wi to-t Alderga.
En fjardêl dâna is-t Alderga.
Thi gråft thêr fon-t Alderga thweres to het land thrvchlâpen hêde, was vrsôndath ånd vrdên.
Thâ vsa lânda wither to bigana wêr, kêmon thêr banda erma Saxmanna ånd wiva nêi tha vvrdum fon Stavere ånd thåt Alderga, vmbe golden ånd ôra sjarhêd to sêkane fon ut tha wasige bodeme.
Svme thêra Johnjar, thêr mênde thåt hja font Alderga folk sproten wêre, gvngen thêr hinne.
The other, Neptune, called by the Etrurians Nethunus, the God of the Mediterranean Sea, appears here to have been, when living, a Friesland Viking, or sea-king, whose home was Alderga (Ouddorp, not far from Alkmaar).
Jon—that is, “Given”—was a sea-king, born at Alberga, who sailed [93]from the Flymeer with a fleet of 127 ships fitted out for a long voyage, and laden with amber, tin, copper, cloth, linen, felt, otter-skins, beaver and rabbit skins.
The seafaring men of Stavoren and Alderga would gladly have gone to Jon, but the great fleet was out on a distant voyage; so they proceeded in their small fleet to Medeasblik, and kept themselves concealed in a sheltered place behind trees.
At last we came to Alderga.
A quarter of an hour’s distance from there is Alderga, a great river surrounded by houses, sheds, and gardens, all richly decorated.
The canal which had run across the land from Alderga was filled up with sand and destroyed.
When our country began to recover, there came troops of poor Saxon men and women to the neighbourhoods of Staveren and Alderga, to search for gold and other treasures in the swampy lands.
Some of the descendants of Jon who imagined that they sprang from the Alderga people went there.
As we had no ships, I gave them active horses and four armed couriers to Friso; because at Stavere, along the Alberga, the best ships of war were built of hard oak which never rots.
In the same way as Apollonia, they visited Lydasburgt and the Alderga.
Neptune, called by the Etrurians Nethunus, the God of the Mediterranean Sea, appears here to have been, when living, a Friesland Viking, or sea-king, whose home was Alderga (Ouddorp, not far from Alkmaar).