Tæppa is duru tō wealdenne þǣre forlǣtunge sumes wǣtes oþþe ǣðmes.

Tæppa

Wætertæppan adiht

 
Wæteres tæppa

Wæter for baðum, mundlēowum, and trogum cann gegearwod bēon mid syndrigum hātum and ċealdum tæppum; þis is gemǣne in þǣm Geāned Cynerīce, syndriglīċe in bæþrūmum. In cyċenum, ēac Geānedu Rīcu American, and in fela ōðra steda sind mixendtæppan gebrocen on stale þæs wordes. Þes is ānga, mænigfealdra tæppa, þæs handle ūp and niðer āstīgþ tō wealdenne þā andefne wæterflōwnesse and of ānre sīdan tō ōðerre sīdan tō wealdenne þǣre hǣte þæs wæteres (gedōn mid mixunge þæs hātan wæteres mid þǣm ċealdum wætere ætsamne). Þā nīwostan ansīene dōþ swā mid ingesettum hǣtsearwe.