Selffērende wægn (ēac ānfealdlīce selffērend oþþe wægn gehāten; on Nīwenglisce hāteþ car oþþe automobile) is hwǣled, fōrsearwed wægn þe is genotod tō berenne faran. Se mǣsta dǣl tōmearcunga þæs þinges segeþ þæt selffērendas sind amearcode tō farenne oftost on rādum, tō healdenne fram ānum oþ eahta hāda, tō gewunelīce habenne fēower hwēoglu, and tō wesenne getimbrod hēafodlīce tō berenne lēoda ǣr þonne wara. Nāþȳlæs is þæt word selffērend swīðe brād, for þǣm þe þǣr sind manig gecynd cræfta þe dōþ gelīc weorc.