Wp/enm/Se mewe

A ſe mewe iſ a maner of fuȝelkin þe livet ƿunelike bi þe ſe ſtrande. Þeȝ habben hole fet (þat iſ, heore hid iſ iſtrauht betuix heore ton) on heore tƿo leggeſ. Þeȝ aren nemned after here gredinge.

Mani ſpecieſ biþ of ſe meue ðe libben al ȝond þiſ erde. Sume kindeſ aren deore and arueðe to finden; ac ſume aren fele and maniȝe, þat þeȝ maken ormete flokkes and ouergangen tuneſ hepmele. Heore kinde iſ to eten fiſkeſ and ƿelekeſ and eȝre. Ac þer men wunen, þer freten þeȝ ei ðat þeȝ fangen muȝe. Sume fleȝen furðen over lande ferre of þe ſe, and ſetten heom in bureſ and draffe ſtoƿes.

On Brittene iſ þe hering meue þe wideſt ikuð ſe meƿe, þer mani man it holdet alſe gredi þeof. Þiſe mikle fuȝeleſ ſwenchen grimelike ilk unƿar man þat ani mete habbe, forði þat ðat mete þeiȝ reven ƿolden. Þe man þe iſ mid angoiſe of hiſ brede bereven ne luueð neuere þe ilke reuere, iwiſ.