On þām stillan, lyftlēasan rūme æt ende þæs gangas bītt sēo ealde cynehelm on bifigendre, menniscre handa. Þǣre carte bāncofa ymlendaþ, and wiþsacaþ þā dimman gesihþe tō forlǣtenne, his sīþe ungewiss, sēo tīd gȳt ungeslægen. Sēo niht þurhwunaþ, for þæt ēagþȳrel is nearu, and gewisse morgen gȳt ne oferāgiett þā feorran hyllas. Þǣre cynehelme ord, ādwæscede of unārīmedum hrīnungum, gemunaþ glēda heorþes lange ofer his blēde, and þēah sitt hwā gȳt nēah, and lācaþ wærmþe of ascan þe ne fōþ. Sēo woruld ūtan færþ tō dægrēde, ac innan is hefignes endes wiþsacen, and sēo ealde endebyrdnes clifaþ tō stīþre wlence.
Se heorþ self is getimbrod of clūdum þe of dēopum þǣre eorþan ārison, gehīwode mid geþyldigum handum and on ealdum cylenum gebærnde. Þās tiglas, hwīlum dǣl ēarīmes oþþe lāmseaþes, sind mid care āstæpelede, and bindaþ tōgædere spell gewinnes, scyldes, and þæs dæghwamlīcan hlāfes þe on heora fæþme gewærmed wæs. Cneorissa habbaþ nēah him gegaderod tō frōfre, and rǣdon wederbitene līnan be heora andwlitum þā hwīle þe stormas ēagþȳrlu hræston and cild nēah swefon. And þēah cracaþ ēac se strangosta cylentigel ofer gēar, his ecga ācorfene of hefigum scōum, oþþe of slāwum crēope īfiges sēcende fōtstede. And sume wiþsacaþ hīe tō ofsettenne, and lappiaþ on þæs mid weallīme, and fyllaþ cinan þe gehwylce tīd wīdiaþ, unwillende tō onfōnne þæt nīwe heorþ behōfig sīe.
Spell and gemynd windaþ on þissum weallum. On ealdre ceastre wiston þā stānwyrhtan þe þone mynster timbrodon þæt heora weorc wæs ǣgþer ge þurhwunung ge unfæstnes. Hīe þryccton heora mearc on þone hnescan lām ǣr þǣre bæcunge, þæt gearhundum siþþan, þonne se belltorr wācode, heora naman eft on þām dūste arīsan mihton. Dēope on þām lande glōwþ smiþþe behindan þæs smiþes cote, þǣr tange and hamoras sind gelegde be hlinde þæs ilcan lāmbærndan stānes. Se smiþ eftwyrcþ rustig īsen, and wendþ sweord eft on sulhsceras and on horsscōs, se hringienda swēg anþræces: gȳt nā, gȳt nā, þæt weorc gǣþ forþ. On ōþerre tīde stent tōbrocen cylen āna betwēonan hǣþe, his tiglas nū hām mēose and nestum lȳtelra fugla, mearc ealra enda þe wiþsacene wǣron, and ealles þæs þe þēah grēwþ.
Winterweder inþrycþ. Se wind findþ þā gatu on þām ealdum weallum, and se wǣta crȳpþ ūp of þǣre ēa, ac innan þām hīrede biþ se fȳr gehwylce dægrēd eft getimbrod, hū micel smoca þurh þone gecracodan scēat eft cymþ. Hwā āhefþ þone cytel, sett hine on þā tiglas, and bītt þǣre ǣrestan gebicnunge stēames. Ealde croccas gehealdenes wæstmes līniaþ þone heorþbēam, geinseglode gearum ǣr, heora naman ādwæscede ac heora innand gȳt swēte. Tōdæg wierþ se wiþsac forlætunge dǣd dæghwamlīcre ārunges: þone heorþ swāpan clǣnne of nihtlicre ascan, þone slāwsodene stēaw wendan þæt hē ne birne, hacel bētan mid wærlīcum sticcum, ōþerne stoccan on þæt fȳr settan þēah sēo tīd wende. Þis sind gebǣru hyhtes and anþræces, healdende fæste tō þām þe cūþ is, þēah sēo woruld ūtan wendunge anþræce.
Mann mæg his folm þryccan tō þām ealdostan tigle on his hūse, and gefrēdan gemynd sunnan and lāmes, oþþe wendan tō bētenne hūslīc tōl þurh cneorissa āgifen. Hē mæg sittan be smiþþan oþþe cylene, þēah ānlīce on geþōhte, and gemunan eall þæt þe þǣr gehīwod and eftgehīwod wæs. Oþþe hē mæg þone heorþ begȳman, hū ēaþmōd, mid clǣnsunge and mid gearwunge ānfealdes mēles tō dǣlenne, and ārian þā wærmþe þe gȳt ymlendaþ.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Fȳrrēad.
Lucky Color: FireBrick — #B22222Lǣt þīne handa gemunan þæt þe hīe getimbrod habbaþ, for sume endas bīdaþ, and sume glēda þurhwuniaþ.