Dȳfung
Sēo dȳfung gēo ƿæs hlēapung in ƿætre, ac nū hit oft is sund under ƿætre mid sierƿunge þe giefþ lyft tō ǣðmienne under ƿætre. And þēos sierƿung oft nū hātte scuba, þe cƿōm of Nīƿengliscum "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus". And æt fruman "SCUBA" segde Americiscra gūþfroggamanna ǣðmungsierƿunga.
And sume habbaþ micle lyftfatu and se dȳfere ǣðmaþ of þǣm lyftfæte and ūt in ƿæter. And þēos sierƿunge hātaþ in Nīƿenglisce "open circuit", and hit ēac oft hātte "aqualung". And Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Gagnan macodon þone ǣrestne aqualung in gēare 1942. And mǣste hit ƿæs āna for geƿeorce oþþæt in gēare 1953 se National Geographical Magazine ƿrāt fore ƿorulde ymb Sciptogan Cousteaus geƿeorce under sǣ æt Grand Congloué īege neam Marseilles þǣr ƿæs eald scip þe sanc þenden Rōm ricsode Europam, and forþȳ sƿīðe manige ƿriton tō him tō āscianne hƿǣr man mihte bycgan aqualung. And gēo se aqualung oþþe air scuba næs sƿā man nū siehþ ƿunelīc on sǣrīmum, ac his lyftƿieldend (regulator, demand valve) ƿæs micel and behindan þæs dȳferes healse, and oft mid tƿǣm lyftfatum. And oft nū þis ealde cynn scuban hātte se tƿēgra pīpa scuba.
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And sume habbaþ lȳtle oxygenfatu and se dȳfere ǣðmaþ of poccan and eft ongēan in poccan, and his līc nimþ oxygen and māra oxygen cymþ of fæte, and his līc macaþ þone carbon dioxide, and in þǣre ǣðmungsyrƿunge is fæt full þæs sodalīmes þe iteþ þisne carbon dioxide, and forþȳ se dȳfere ne macaþ (bubbles), and mæg sƿimman micle lengra under sǣ mid ǣðmungsierƿunge mid samum geƿihte. And þēs sierƿunge hātaþ eftǣþmendas and in Nīƿenglisce rebreathers oþþe closed circuit. And nū sind eftǣðmendas þe misciaþ nitrogen oþþe helium in þā ǣðmunge, sƿā hātte 'nitrox' and 'heliox' and 'trimix', tō þæs þe man mæg dȳfan dēopora þonne mid ungemiscodum oxygene. And þū mæg sēon maniga gelīcnessa sƿilcra hēr Archived 2004-09-26 at the Wayback Machine .
Hēr Archived 2004-07-31 at the Wayback Machine is lȳtel āstȳriende biliþ dȳferes mid þǣm lȳtlan oxygeneftǣðmende Salvus þe Siebe Gorman gēo macode in Lundene, and mid him man mihte dȳfan (oþþe ƿeorcan in atorlyfte) healf stunde oþþe lȳtle lengre, and hit is sƿīðe unhefig, and se dȳfere miht sƿimman sƿā īeþ sƿā ēan sierƿunge. And hēr is grēat gelīcnesse and in hire be hȳþƿætre geƿeorctoga bebīedeþ.
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And sƿilce dȳferas oft hātton froggamenn, for þǣm þe on hira fōtum hīe habbaþ scōs þe sind sƿā þā fēt froggan, and þēs hātton finnas. On ƿinstran sīdan siehþ man tƿēgen froggamenn þe rīdaþ in hȳðe dierne under ƿætere on rīdungfȳrramme. Man macode ǣrest þis cynn froggamannberendes in Italiam for gūðe in gēare 1939 and þā Italiscan froggamenn nemnedon hit maiale, þe segþ 'sƿīn', for þǣm þe him ƿǣron þā ǣrestan sƿīðe earfoþlīce to stȳrienne. Ac in Brytene nemnede man hit manned torpedo oþþe human torpedo, oþþe oft chariot, þe segþ 'ƿīgcræt'. And man mæg sēon þrēo þisra in Eden Camp þe is nēah Mæðeltūne (Niwenglisc: Malton) on Eoforƿīcscīre on Englum. Hīe habbaþ þone Bryttiscan eftǣðmend CDBA Archived 2004-10-17 at the Wayback Machine þe Siebe Gorman macode, þe segþ in Nīƿenglisce "Clearance Diver's Breathing Apparatus", and in Brytenes scipfyrde clearance diver is scipfyrdisc dȳfere þe dȳfeþ to ƿeorcanne and ne tō feohtanne.
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Man siehþ tƿēgen froggamenn mid þǣm Russiscan eftǣðmende IDA71 Archived 2009-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, and ān hira rīdeþ þone Russiscan dȳfereberend Protei 5 Archived 2002-04-08 at Archive.today. And hēr sind þrēo dȳferas mid þǣm IDA71.