Meremægdnu sind cūþ for hiera rence, ac ēac for hiera unsceaþfulnesse. Hīe oft lufiaþ menn, and swīðe willaþ hiera lufe for werum sōðian (sēo meremægdendeorf). Mislimplīce, gewisse mid geongum meremægdnum, hīe oft forgīetaþ þe menn ne magon underwæter āblāwan. Mereweras seldbeþencaþ ymbe mennisc gelimpas, ac in Finniscum hǣðenscipe merefolc magon wysca bēodan, sēocnessa hǣlan, wyrgþa forniman, wyrtdrincas brēowan and ēac mattuc beran. Meremægdnu ēac habbaþ sumra þissa mearcunga.