Þæt hors bītt æt ecge þǣre ēa, his byrne ādwæsced of ealdum rēgne. Sēo fana hangþ slæc, nān wind tō berenne hire tācn forþ. Sēo cynehelm, þe āgifen bēon scolde, wunaþ gegripen on glōfodre handa. Hīw wolde arīsan, ac se lām hafaþ heora scōs forswolgen, and sēo woruld healdþ hire ǣþm æt gemǣre betwēonan dæge and þām þe dægrēd wiþsacaþ. On þisse stilnesse nele sēo woruld forlǣtan.
Būtan þǣre ēa sittaþ stānas tōbrocenre abbodisse hefige mid gemynde þāra þe ne woldon faran ēac æfter þām þe sēo belle hire endemestan hring gehrungen hæfde. Mēos fylþ þā cinan. Þā weallas sind gestreagode mid lāstum gēara þǣr nān gebed ne ārās būtan þām morgenmiste. Ǣlc forloren cyning, ālc gefeallen prēost, ymlende hwīle tō lange, heora spell scyldende on þām cinum, nǣfre eallunga tōmiltene. Frōfor is on heora þurhwununge, ac se lyft wierþ nearu.
On tūnum þe delfendas timbrodon, ēodon menn hwīlum hām mid sōte on pūsum and mid swæcce īsenes on tungan. Hīe bǣron heora tōl, wel āwerede hamoras, smāle stānas of þām dēopum sēamum, brȳce swā ealde bān, forþ be rǣwum sclātenra hrōfa þe þone rēgn ūt hēoldon ac nǣfre þā stilnesse þe cōm þonne þā ǣdra ǣmtige urnon. Ār þe hwīlum glēmon sind āblācode on tēagum, gehealdene for heora hefignesse, gif nā for brȳce. Cneorissa ymlendaþ on þissum rūmum, heora stefna slīpende swā scēatsmoc on wintra morgen.
Winterheofon þrycþ nīþerlīce on þæt land, and healdþ þā sunnan æt þām orierde, and þā wegas slīce mid þynnum, þurhwunigendum rēgne. Nāht frȳseþ, and þēah nāht þāwþ. On þissum wedere drēopaþ bōgas, and þā feldas licgaþ ǣmtige, bīdende wærmþe þe ne cymþ. Se dæg strecþ, unbrocen, swā sēo tīd self hire nīehste tīd forlēgde. Hwǣr sett eald wīf hire cytel on þone ofen, hire sculdorhrægl smæccende blāclīce līcene and tobaccos of ǣfenum þe be þām heorþe āspende wǣron. Hēo geman þā spell þe hire fæder sæde be stormum þonne ēac þā scēap swīgodon and ānlīce se wind wacode.
On cycene tēage restaþ sponas mid āweredum gripum be cǣgum þe nānre locan nā leng gelimpaþ. Ādwæsced gerēafa sitt æt bæce, his leaf gecyrlede mid gemynde gylta and behāta. On þām bēode bītt boll swamma, sume gegaderode of ecge wǣtes wudes, þæs ǣfenmēles. Ǣlc, nāþer cwic nā dēad, healdþ hefignesse þæs betwēonan.
Sēo woruld yld, and clifaþ tō þām þe þone nīwan dæg ne þēnaþ. Eald cynehelm is lǣssa weorþ þonne hyht dægrēde, and þēah nele sēo hand hīe forlǣtan. Wīsdōm is on þām tō witanne hwænne man forlǣtan sceall, ac gewunan, swā wederbitene stānas, nimaþ heora āgene tīd tō līesenne heora feng.
Tōdæg gā under oferwolcnum heofone and hlyst þæs þe forþ faran nele. Āside lāc þe his mǣnunge forþgewiten hæfþ, oþþe dǣl soþþ of swammum þe on stilnesse gegaderode sind. Wrīt þā endemestan līne on gerēafan and belūc hine siþþan, and getrȳwe þæt hit genōg sīe.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Græg.
Lucky Color: Gray — #808080Sume duru sceolon belocen bēon, and se morgen cymþ, þēah þū hine ne wāce.