Bāncofa on geswencdre cynehelme, ān bānen hand gripende þæt þe feallan scolde, stent æt dura betwēonan nihte and dægrēde. Behindan him slǣpaþ þā feldas under heardum grunde, forst ymlendende on þām furhum, ealde wyrttruman unāstyrede of lenctenes þrēate. On þǣre stilnesse ǣr sunnan ūpgange bītt sēo woruld, ac hē wendþ his andwlitan fram þām orierde. Ēaþre is tō gripenne þæt þe cūþ is, þæt þe hwīlum rīcsode, þonne hit ādūn tō lecganne þām nīwan. On þǣre dene crȳpþ mist be þām stānum, and slīdeþ ofer sclātenum hrōfum þe gearhund storma āþolodon, and wiþsacaþ tō hrīosienne oþþe tō wīcenne.
On þām hēahlandum arīsaþ þā stāndelfendas ǣr, scōs crunconende ofer speldrum brocenes stānes, andwlitan gefurhode of winde and of dæghwamlīcum campe tō ceorfanne endebyrdnesse of beorga sīdan. Heora hamoras hringaþ on þǣre dægrēde, and hīewiaþ flægstānas tō þerscoldum and tō byrgenum, strange tiglas tō hūsum þe mēos gēar æfter gēare gaderiaþ. Þās tiglas, gesette ofer cotum, scyldaþ hīwan wiþ wintra hūle and wiþ slāwum drēope rēgnes, and āblendaþ gemǣre betwēonan scylde and stīþnesse. Under þissum hrōfum sind ealde gerēafa gehealdene on bōcum gebundenum mid stīþum clāþe, þære cynne āwefen tō þurhwununge mā þonne tō wlite, clāþ þe þæt ymlendende dūst þæs stāndelfes on his þrǣdum berþ.
On cealdum morgenum tēhþ se bæcere bærdisc rūghlāfes of þām ofne, se rind berende gemynd handa þe hine hīewodon, þæt corn āweaxen on þynnre moldan þǣr lȳtel ōþer þīhþ. Se swæcc is þicce, þurhwunigende, fēding ācenned of earfoþe and geþylde. Æt þām heorþe sitt cytel, geswenced and getrȳwe, his andwlite gemearcod of gearum brȳces, se gripa wearm ac nǣfre tō hāt tō bærnenne. Swēg wellendes wæteres mengþ mid cnylle rēgnes on stāne, gemet eald swā se ābīd self.
Wegfarende be þām mōrum lociāþ þā wolcnu niþer cuman, se lyft þicce mid behāte ōþres dæges þe wendunge bringan mæge, oþþe nā. Mist bewint bōgas ellenatrēowa, ālc trēow gewita forgietenra behāta and dīegelnessa bebyrgedra under līcene. Hyrdas hnigaþ wiþ stānhegum, and rǣdaþ þæt āwerede mynet heora fædera wega, and smēaþ hwæþer hīe ealde gatu bētan sceolon oþþe hīe wīdan lǣtan. On wyrtūnum geemmedum mid brocenum sclāte þringaþ þistlas þurh þā cinan, heora stīþan hēafdu ontȳnende þēah þæs cealdes, tācn þæs þe þurhwunaþ þonne nāht ōþer nele.
Mann þe hefignesse ungeworhtra enda berþ mæg arīsan ǣr ǣrestum lēohte and his hand lǣdan be wederbiterum hrōfe, and gefrēdan geþyld gedolfenes stānes. Ōþer mæg ǣrendgewrit wrītan on leafe gedrungen under hefignesse ealdes gerēafan, word andettende þæt þe hīe ne sind gearwe tō forlǣtenne. Sum mæg þone mōr gān on morgenmiste, and hlystan clipunge feorres fugles þe wendunge tācnaþ, oþþe þicce hlāf bacan and hine mid ōþrum brecan, and smæccan frōfor þæs þe wunaþ. Ǣlc þissa lȳtelra dǣda āraþ ǣgþer ge þæt heald and þæt forlǣt, stillu sprǣc wiþ þone dæg.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Stāngræg.
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