In Wēodmōnaðe 2009, Qiryat Yam þorp in Israele bēad $1,000,000 lēan for ǣnige þe meremægdnu sōðian in hiera rimum, æfter mænigra twelfa lēode cūðdon meremægden sēonende, hlēapende ūt þǣm wætere gelīc delfin and fremmende lyftsealta fore tō þǣm dēopum eftgānde.