Wæter
Ƿæter is andtimber þe of ƿætertimbre and æðmlyfte is geworht and þe is ful nȳdmicel eallum gecnāwenum līfe.
Þæt ƿord ƿæter is geƿunelīce gebrocen tō his flōƿendum gesceape, ac þæt andƿeorc hæfþ ēac hard gesceap, þe is īs, and lyftig gesceap, þe is æðm. Ƿæter þeceþ 71 hundtēontigoðan þæs andƿlitan ðǣre eorðan. On eorðan is hit oftost on geofonum and ōðerum grēatum ƿæterum gefunden. Geafonas healdaþ 97 hundtēontigoþan þæs ƿæteres þǣre eorðan. Sƿīðe lȳtel micelness is gehealden on līfgum bodigum and geƿorhtum þingum.
Ƿæter on eorðan gǣþ þurh unendiende hƿǣl æðmunge, ƿyrtsƿǣtunge, æðmhēapunge, and offlōƿunge. On lande helpaþ æðmung and ƿyrtsƿǣtung æðmhēapunge ofer lande.
Clǣne and fersc drincende ƿæter is ful nȳdmicel mannum and ōðrum ƿihtum. Gefōung gōdes drincendes ƿæteres hæfþ gelǣstende and sƿīðe betere geƿorden under þǣm ǣrum tīenum gēara on nēan eallum dǣlum þǣre ƿorulde. Nā þȳ lǣs habbaþ sume ƿæccendas ārǣden þæt fore 2025þum gēare a.d. māre dǣl þonne healf þæs hēafodrīmes þǣre ƿorulde ābere ƿæteronhleoniende ƿēocness. Ƿæter ƿyrceþ hefig dǣl on ƿoruldƿīdre feohrihtunge for þǣm þe hit ƿyrceþ tō berere manigra andƿeorca and helpaþ fremmunglice gecǣlunge and hlæstberunge. Fōrnēan 70 hundþan fersces ƿæteres is gebrocen on ƿyrtcræfte.
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