There is some disagreement about whether the native name of Norway originally had the same etymology as the English form. According to the traditional dominant view, the first component was originally ''norðr'', a cognate of English ''north'', so the full name was ''Norðr vegr'', "the way northwards", referring to the sailing route along the Norwegian coast, and contrasting with ''suðrvegar'' "southern way" (from Old Norse suðr) for (Germany), and ''austrvegr'' "eastern way" (from austr) for the Baltic. In the translation of Orosius for Alfred, the name is ''Norðweg'', while in younger Old English sources the ð is gone. In the 10th century many Norsemen settled in Northern France, according to the sagas, in the area that was later called Normandy from ''norðmann'' (Norseman or Scandinavian), although not a Norwegian possession. In France ''normanni'' or ''northmanni'' referred to people of Norway, Sweden or Denmark. Until around 1800, inhabitants of Western Norway were referred to as ''nordmenn'' (northmen) while inhabitants of Eastern Norway were referred to as ''austmenn'' (eastmen).