'''Fisc''' is wæterwuniendeƿæterƿuniende [[hrycgdēor]] þe is geþeaht mid sciellum and birþ twātƿā twifealdnessatƿifealdnessa fina. Þæt mǣste dǣl fisca is oþþe "ūtanhātod" - hātod ūtan, lǣtende heora hāt wendanƿendan andefen begangendra hāta. Fiscas sind manigfealde on þǣm mǣstan dǣle wæteraƿætera. Hīe magon in nēahlīce eallum gecyndelicum wæterigumƿæterigum 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 ēacswāēacsƿā gehāten [[fisc (ǣt)|fisc]] oþþe fiscflǣsc, and is hefig mennisc ǣta andweorcandƿeorc. Cēapunge and andstandnesse fisceras "huntiaþ" fiscas in [[wild fiscstōw|wildumƿildum fiscstōwumfiscstōƿum]] (seoh [[fiscoþ]]) oþþe "[[fisca tūnsteall|rǣraþ]]" hīe in pōlum oþþe in dēorfealdum on þǣm geofone (seoh [[wæterbigeness|ƿæterbigeness]]e). Hī sind ēac befangen fram [[pleglic fiscoþ|plegendum fiscerum]] and rǣrdon fram [[fischealdung|fischealderum]], and sind īewedīeƿed in folclicum [[wætersteall|ƿætersteall]]um. Fiscas habbaþ gehæfd ǣrend on līfwegumlīfƿegum geond þā ielda, wyrcendeƿyrcende tō [[god]]um, gelēaflicum tācnum, and tō intingum listes, bōca, and [[scēawe|scēawascēaƿa]].
