Then they occupied the land, and they called it England. The towns that were already there, and those that they founded, they called after the names of places in their homeland, such as London and York and other great towns. The land lies six days and nights' sail across the sea east-northeast from Byzantium. It is the best of lands, and the Englishmen have lived there ever since. Anon - Saga Játvarðar konungs hins helga