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Īsearn

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Ƿerlīc amasonīsearn, ān seox cynna þā ƿuniaþ on Ƿīnlande

Īsearnas sind þrēat lytelra oþþe medumȝrēatra beorhte ȝeblēodra fuȝola on þǣm hāde ȝellfuȝola. Hīe ƿuniaþ ofer þǣre fullan eorðan, ac heora mǣsta dǣl ƿunaþ on þǣm ealdum landum and on Sūþlande. Þǣr sind nēan 90 cynna īsearna. Hīe ealle habbaþ ȝrēate hēafdas; lanȝ, scearp bill; sceorte sceancan; and sceorte tæȝelas. Se mǣsta dǣl cynna hafaþ beorhta feðera mid lytelre fǣȝnesse betƿeox þǣm tƿǣm ȝecyndum. Hīe ƿuniaþ mǣst on ƿearmum landum, and unēaðe mā ƿuniaþ synderlīce on ƿealdum. Hīe etaþ fela dēora: ȝe fiscas, ȝe ƿyrmas, ȝe āðexan, ȝe lytel socdēor. Ȝeƿunelīce fōþ hīe heora hūðan þurh sƿāpunȝe. Ȝelīc ōðrum fuȝolum habbaþ hīe hoera nest on hōlum, þā sind oft on trēoƿum oþþe on þǣm ȝrunde. Sumu cynn sind belaȝen mid ȝeendunȝe.