Sciþþia
Sciþþia land ƿæs grundscēat in Eurasie, in þǣm þe lēode (þe Sciþþie hātton) gēara ƿunodon. Sciþþie stōƿe and brādnesse varied over time from þǣm Altai landscipe þǣr ætgadre cumað Mongolia, Cina, Russland, and Casahstan, to þǣre niþerhealfe Donua ēa and Tracie. Saka sindon Asianisca Sciþþie. The most significant Sciþþisca mægþa hƿærof ealda bēc teallað, oneardedon seo steppe-ƿang betƿeonum Dnieper ēa and Danais ēa. Þa folc in the periphery steppes are usually referred as "Sciþþie", ac hie ne cƿāþ Iranisca gereordas. Priscus, the Byzantine emissary to Ætlan referred to Attila's followers repeatedly sƿa "Sciþþie". However, since most of the significant areas have for a long time been inhabitated by Iranian groups, it is held that the Sciþþie ƿæron of Iranian origin. Our knowledge of their language, Scythian is fram þrim ƿordum found to have strong similarity with Eastern Iranian. To the best of our knowledge, the Scythians were a culture with no writing system. Most knowledge of the Scythians derives from antique Crēciscum texts. Etymologically, "Old Iranian Saka, Greek Scythai and Sogdian Sughde, as well as the biblical Hebrew Ashkenaz (þurh Syrian Askuzai) appear all to derive from *skuza, an ancient Indo-European word for archer, cf. English scēotan." (Torday, Mounted archers).