Meremægden
Meremægden is gelēaflic wæterwiht mid menniscum hēafde and bodige, and þǣm tægle wæterdēores, swylce fisc. Þæt ƿord meremægden wearþ mermaid on Nīwum Englisce gecweden. Se werlic efengemæcca is merewer, þēah man brȳceþ ēac þone wordcwide meremægden for werlicum wihtum. Mænig land þǣre worulde gelīca wihta habbaþ, gemǣne būtan clāðas. Micel gelīc sirena, meremægdnu sungon tō lēodum and godum, and hīe besungon, tōstregdende hīe fram hiera weorc, āfylaþ hīe of hiera scipum, oþþe hiera scipu on grunde stīeran. In ōþrum lārum, hīe þringaþ sencende menn hwīlum fandiaþ hīe tō sparienne. Man gelīefeþ ēac þæt meremægdnu bringaþ menn tō hiera undermererīcum. In Hans Christian Andersenes Lȳtlum Meremægdne, man þynceþ hit þæt meremægdnu forgietaþ þe menn underwæter āblāwan ne magon, hwīlum ōþra menn gelīefaþ þæt meremægdnu menn āsencaþ forþǣm hiera wræðe. Man þynceþ Grēcisc hǣðenscipes sirena hwīlum bēoþ in laterum folclāre meremægdenlic; sum sprǣca brūcaþ þæt ælce word for begen bridd and fiscwihta, swylce þæt Maltesisc word 'sirena.' Ōðer sibbcynna gelēaflicra wihta sind wæterylfe and selkies, dēor þe fram sǣcūm intō mannum weorðaþ.