Benddwimmer
Appearance
A benddwimmer (Niwenglisc: mirage) is gecynde lyhtgesihþ þæt gelimplic beorgung þǣra lyhtstræla þurh ǣcyrringe, þæt fremde hīew of feorrum þingum oþþe heofon geswenced biþ.[1] Sēo nama cuman fram Niwenglisc þāra þǣm Frencisc (se) mirer, fram þæs Læden mirari, meanung "locian æt, se wunder æt".[2]
Benddwimmer cann becumen floccum as "ǣnfīerīe" (mǣnung lǣgere), "sūpīerīe" (meaning heāhere) and "Fata Morgana", ān cynd of sūpīerīe benddwimmer þæt þæs is geseted of ān æfteræle of ungewunelīce eallunga, heāhte gestæppede imæges, þæt formāð ān hraðe wæxendēn benddwimmer.