A benddwimmer (Niwenglisc: mirage) is gecynde lyhtgesihþ þæt gelimplic beorgung þǣra lyhtstræla þurh ǣcyrringe, þæt fremde hīew of feorrum þingum oþþe heofon geswenced biþ.[1] Sēo nama cuman fram Niwenglisc þāra þǣm Frencisc (se) mirer, fram þæs Læden mirari, meanung "locian æt, se wunder æt".[2]

Various kinds of mirages in one location taken over the course of six minutes, not shown in chronological order.

Benddwimmer cann becumen floccum as "ǣnfīerīe" (mǣnung lǣgere), "sūpīerīe" (meaning heāhere) and "Fata Morgana", ān cynd of sūpīerīe benddwimmer þæt þæs is geseted of ān æfteræle of ungewunelīce eallunga, heāhte gestæppede imæges, þæt formāð ān hraðe wæxendēn benddwimmer.

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