Wæter
Þæt word wæter is gewunelīce gebrocen tō his flōwendum gesceape, ac þæt andweorc hæfþ ēac hard gesceap, þe is īs, and lyftig gesceap, þe is æðm. Wæter þeceþ 71 hundtēontigoðan þæs andwlitan ðǣre eorðan. On eorðan is hit oftost on geofonum and ōðerum grēatum wæterum gefunden. Geafonas healdaþ 97 hundtēontigoþan þæs wæteres þǣre eorðan. Swīðe lȳtel micelness is gehealden on līfgum bodigum and geworhtum þingum.
Wæter on eorðan gǣþ þurh unendiende hwǣl æðmunge, wyrtswǣtunge, æðmhēapunge, and offlōwunge. On lande helpaþ æðmung and wyrtswǣtung æðmhēapunge ofer lande.
Clǣne and fersc drincende wæter is ful nȳdmicel mannum and ōðrum wihtum. Gefōung gōdes drincendes wæteres hæfþ gelǣstende and swīðe betere geworden under þǣm ǣrum tīenum gēara on nēan eallum dǣlum þǣre worulde. Nā þȳ lǣs habbaþ sume wæccendas ārǣden þæt fore 2025þum gēare a.d. māre dǣl þonne healf þæs hēafodrīmes þǣre worulde ābere wæteronhleoniende wēocness. Wæter wyrceþ hefig dǣl on woruldwīdre feohrihtunge for þǣm þe hit wyrceþ tō berere manigra andweorca and helpaþ fremmunglice gecǣlunge and hlæstberunge. Fōrnēan 70 hundþan fersces wæteres is gebrocen on wyrtcræfte.