Fæmpīr

A black and white painting of a man lying on a table, while a woman is kneeling over him.
Sē Fæmpīr, of Filip Burna-Iōhans, 1897

Fæmpīr is lēasspellīċ wiht þæt ġedīeġþ þurh þone fēdels on þǣre līflīċan aweosunge (ġewunelīċe þurh blōd) þæs fēores. On Eoropæġisċum folcstǣre sindon fæmpīras undēadlīċ wihtu þæt oft lēofas sōhton and onþracodon on þām nēawistum, þām hīe būdon þā hwīle þe hīe on līfe wǣron. Hīe bǣron sċrud and wǣron oft āmearcodon swā ġeþunden and of rudiġum oþþe þīestrum wlite, unġelīċ fram þām mæġeran, blācan fæmpīre tōdæġes, þām tælmearcaþ fram þǣre hradan 19þa ielde. Fæmpīrlīċ wihtu habbaþ worden on tilunge ymbe weorolde ġemearcod; sēo betācnung fæmpīr wæs ġefolclīcett on westernum Eorope æfter sagum of 18þa ielde sefasēocnesse of forestapolum folcġelēafa on Ēasternum Eorope, þām on fēawum ġelimpum ūtcōm on þǣre stacunge līca and folc ġewrēġed of blōdsūcinge.