'''Fisc''' is wæterwuniende [[hrycgdēor]] þe is geþeaht mid sciellum and birþ twā twifealdnessa fina. Þæt mǣste dǣl fisca is oþþe "ūtanhātod" - hātod ūtan, lǣtende heora hāt wendan andefen begangendra hāta. Fiscas sind manigfealde on þǣm mǣstan dǣle wætera. Hīe magon in nēahlīce eallum gecyndelicum wæterigum ymbgeardum, fram hēam beorga strēamum (e.g., þæt [[leaxincel]] and sēo [[blǣge]]) oþ þā [[fordēop dīpe|fordēopan dīpe]] þæs dēopestan [[geofon]]es (rihtor, se [[drinced (fisc)|drincend]] and se [[angelerfisc]]). Mid 31,500 cynna, fiscas habbaþ māran cynna fāgunge þonne ǣnig ōðer gecynd [[hrycgbānen dēor|brycgbāndra dēora]].<ref>[[FishBase]]: [http://www.fishbase.org/search.php April 2009 Update.] Retrieved 10 April 2010.</ref>
Ǣt genumen fram dēorum geset tō fiscum is ēacswā gehāten [[fisc (ǣt)|fisc]] oþþe fiscflǣsc, and is hefig mennisc ǣta andweorc. Cēapunge and andstandnesse fisceras "huntiaþ" fiscas in [[wild fiscstōw|wildum fiscstōwum]] (seoh [[fiscoþ]]) oþþe "[[fisca tūnsteall|rǣraþ]]" hīe in pōlum oþþe in dēorfealdum on þǣm geofone (seoh [[wæterbigeness]]e). Hī sind ēac befangen fram [[pleglic fiscoþ|plegendum fiscerum]] and rǣrdon fram [[fischealdung|fischealderum]], and sind īewed in folclicum [[wætersteall]]um. Fiscas habbaþ gehæfd ǣrend on līfwegum geond þā ielda, wyrcende tō [[god]]um, gelēaflicum tācnum, and tō intingum listes, bōca, and [[scēawe|scēawa]].
