Þǣre carte rīdere, þe forþfaran scolde, ymlendaþ on þām felde, and gripeþ wōh cynehelme þe tīd forgēat. Se grund is heard under slāwum hōfum, gehrēred of hefignesse þinga þe gȳt ne sind forlǣtene. Stelan hwǣtes þe on lætstan hærfeste fēollon wuniaþ unwend, heora wyrttruman clifiende on eorþan, and wiþstandende þæs sulhes nīwan furh. Sēo sunne stent nīþerlīce, and hire behāt edniwunge unongieten. On þæs sted se lyft is hefig mid stence torfes, þǣr ealde wyrttruman and leaf wiþsacaþ rot tō giefenne, and healdaþ giestrandæges hīw on þǣre moldan.
Eald fellen hætt, of cneorissum geerfe, sitt on hōce be þām heorþe. Hē wæs geworht tō gaderienne wærmþe līca þe nū gewitene sind, and gȳt biþ hē boren on gefrorenum morgenum, se innra dǣl eft and eft gelæpped. On nīþerhrōfedre cycene healdþ trēowen hlāfcest þone endemestan rind of hlāfe þe dagum ǣr bacen wæs. Se hōh is heard, ac nān mann hine ne āwirpþ. Sum mann wǣt hine on broþe tōniht, and wyrcþ hine tō sumum nēah nīwum þinge. Be þām ēagþȳrelshlinde bīdaþ cystnuta of lætstan hærfeste, tō hearde tō etenne nū, ac gehealdene for heora gemynde tīde þe ne eallunga forlǣten is.
Būtan þām ēagþȳrele strecaþ feldas tō rǣwe bǣrra āca, heora rind þicce and gefurhod swā ālc winter on hīe āwriten sīe. Se grund is wǣt þǣr sēo ēa wucum ǣr flōd, and lǣfde rind sīltes. Þæs ēarīmes hrēod is gemætted mid gæres grōwunge, nǣfre eallunga āþwogen. On þām scypene hangaþ leþerne geocu of stacan, gesmēþode of tīegyrum brȳces. Hīe sind gehwylce lencten geglenced, þēah þæt hors lange āweg sīe, swā sēo care self mæge tīd stillne healdan.
On ānum hyrne þæs hūses sitt ācorfen boll on borde, geworht of heortantrēowe walhnutes þe gearum ǣr gefeallen wæs. Þæs bolles andwlite berþ scratas of sponum, blāce hringas of bēores þe æt forþgewitenum gesamnungum drēap. On grunde þæs bolles sind æcern tō cildes plege lǣfede, unhrinene. On þām bēode gemyneþ lāmen cuppe, hire gripa ācorfen, þā tīd þonne hēo wæs dǣl settes, ac þā ōþre sind ādwān, gebrocene oþþe āgifene. And þēos ān þurhwunaþ, gehwylcne morgen gefylled mid þām strangestan browe.
Æt ǣfenne wendþ se wind, and berþ stenc erendra felda, smocan of feorrum scēatum, and behāt rēgnes. Wendung hwisprþ æt þām þerscolde, ac innan sind leohfat getrimede, scōs geclǣnsode and gesette be þǣre dura, and handa rǣcaþ tō þām ealdostan gongstæfe þe on þām hyrne hnigaþ. Mann hēr mæg onginnan mid bētinge windles þæs wef tōslopen is, oþþe mid swāpinge þāra stapa þe swā manige ǣr bǣron. Hīe magon walhnut oþþe cystnut plantian be þām berne, and lǣtan wyrttruman dēope delfan on slǣphefigne grund. Oþþe, sittende be þām ofne, hīe magon nīwe gripan of gefeallenum bōgum hīewian, and fēgan hīe tō wel āweredum tōlum, þæt þæt weorc forþ gān mæge.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Brūn.
Lucky Color: Brown — #A52A2AFæstnes healdþ þā hwīle þe sēo woruld under hire wendþ, and ealde þing biddaþ ānlīce tō ārigenne, nā tō forgietenne.