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Roanoke (oþþe Rōƿrenoc tō ōðerre ƿrītunge) is ceaster in Virginian rīce þāra Geāndena Rīca. Sēo is cūþ sƿā "Tungolburg þæs Sūðdǣles". Sēo burg is nīehst þǣre byrig Salemes and þǣm tūne Finntūnes. Be þǣre 2000. gēares lēodtellinge, Rōƿrenoc hæfþ 94,911 lēoda. Sēo Rōƿrenoc ēa dǣlþ þā byrig.

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Onstellung

Se tūn ǣrest hātte Micel Licc ƿæs in þǣm 1852. gēare onsteald and in þǣm 1874. gebōcod. Man nemde hīe Micel Licc for þǣre miclan sealtennesse þǣre Rōƿrenoc ēa, þe getēonode dēor tō þǣm stede nēah þǣre ēa.  In þǣm 1882. gēare hēo ƿearþ se tūn Rōƿrenoces, and in þǣm 1884. ƿearþ selfstandendu burg Rōƿrenoces. Man sægþ þæt se nama "Roanoke" ƿēnunga cume of þǣm Algōncigiscan ƿorde sciellfēos, þe man ǣrest sƿā "Raƿrenok" ƿrāt. Þis ƿæs ēac se nama þǣre ēa þe dǣlþ hīe (þeonon cōm þæt sciellfeoh), and þǣre scīre.

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Byrig on Virginie
Rōwrenoc (Virginia)