Regnwyrm
(Edlǣded of Reȝnƿyrm)
Regnwyrmas (ēac eorðmata, Nīwenglisce hātte earthworm) bēoþ ǣnig of þām 1,800 cynda of eorðlicum wyrmum, synderlice gildan of Lumbricus cinne. Regnwyrmas wuniaþ in eallre Eorðan foldan þe hæbbe fulhealdene wǣtnesse and wihtlic gewyrðe. Þæt gemǣnelice Americanisce cynd, L. terrestris, weaxt ōþ hē sī hūhwega 25 cm (10 ynca), ac ān Australisc cynd mæg weaxan ōþ hit sī swā lang swā 3.3m (11 ft). Þæt gedǣlde bodig is smælre æt his endas. Regnwyrmas etaþ roteindu dēor and, in gēogoðe, etaþ foldan, sand and smale stānas, þe ūpahefeþ foldan, fyrðraþ dreahnunge and blāwinge ēaðnesse þǣre foldan hwilcnesse for plantum. Regnwyrmas bēoþ geeten fram manigum dēorum. [1]