Alpis

Meaning

1. the Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

   Æt þǣm ende, hit beliċġað ðā beorgas, þe man hǣt Alpis: þā onginnað westane fram þǣm Wendelsǣ, in Narbonense þǣre ðēode and endiað eft ēast in Dalmatia þǣm lande, æt þǣm sǣ.

   At the end extend the mountains known as the Alps; they begin in the west of the Mediterranean, in Gallia Narbonensis, and end at the eastern sea in the land of Dalmatia.

   late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans