On þǣre carte standaþ þā āwæcnedan hīw, and rǣcaþ tō sumum þinge þe bufan him cīgþ. And ān sāwl, geseten æt þæs prūhes ecge, ne rīsþ. Þǣre bȳman swēg fylþ þone lyft, ac sēo dǣd is ylded, se andswaru āsided tō ōþrum dæge. Sēo woruld bītt ymbe hine, unāstyred, hefig mid willum þe gȳt ne sind gefremede. Se grund under nis nāþer byrgen nā open weg. Hit is ābīd, þicce mid gemynde.
On ealdre cycene tēage rest dǣl fȳrstānes, his andwlite glitende and ceald. Gearhundum ǣr hæfde swelc ecg sinnu oþþe wæstm þurhcorfen, dēmende and hræd. Nū bītt hē on his sceadwum cofan, ungebrocod ac gearu, þæt scearpe behāt wendunge slǣpende oþ hwā cēose hine tō brūcenne. Sēo tēage biþ ontȳned and belocen, dæg æfter dæge, se obsidian ā andweard ac nǣfre gecīged.
Feorr tō norþe wrīhþ midniht fjord. Wolcnu gaderiaþ, þicce genōg tō behȳdenne þā steorran, and se lyft is geswīgod, onbīdigende. Þæs fisceres bātas sind gebundene, hylfas līþelīce hræstende wiþ þone staþ. Heora nett and rāpas wuniaþ gewundene and unhrinene, swīgend gewitnes wederes þe þā tūn inne healdþ. Þā fisceras ymlendaþ æt hām, and sūpaþ bitere drencas be þām ofne, ungewisse hwæþer tōmorgen þā wæteru gesundran bēon, hwæþer se heofon clǣnsaþ.
Under grunde, on þȳrele þe delfendas gearhundum ǣr ceorfon, ceorfaþ coles sēamas þurh þā eorþan. Þāra delfendra leoht bifgaþ be wǣtum weallum, ac þā picāxas sind āsided, hnigende wiþ þone ingang. Se scift is ylded. Se col, gedrungen and eald, ligeþ unāstyred, his mægen innan belocen. Þēostru þæs þȳreles is full, geþyldig, bīdende fōtlasta þe hwīlum eft cumaþ.
On þām hūse bufan hangaþ wintra hacelas of hefigum felwete on stacum be þǣre dura. Se felwet is hnesce, fealdum hnigende þe þone lēoht forswelgaþ, þicce mid gemynde ǣfena þe be þām fȳre āspende wǣron. Ǣlc hacel bītt þæt his āgend tō him rǣce, and on þæt ceald stæppe. Tōdæg wuniaþ þā hacelas on stōwe, þæt hūs ungedrēfed of farum oþþe cumum, sēo wærmþ innan unāfandod.
On þām felde behindan is se molda geered and gearwod. Rēgn nis cumen, and se eorþtilia stent on þām þerscolde, sǣdpæcca on handa. Hē lōcaþ þā eorþan, wendþ āweg, and sett þā sǣd be þām ēagþȳrele. Þæt land is geþyldig and swā is hē. Behāt hærfestes is ylded, ac nā forgieten.
Þisne morgen mæg mann þone obsidian of his tēage bringan and settan hine on þone bēod, gemynd þæt willan magon weorþan dǣda. Gang ūt under þām þiccum heofonum mæg þæt gefrēdnes ābīdes dēopian, stillu gefēra ungefremedra rǣda. Se felwet hacel mæg bēon niþer genumen and ymbe þā sculdru bewunden, þēah nān mann þæt hūs ne forlǣte. Oþþe, mid þām sǣdum gȳt be þām ēagþȳrele, mæg mann hīe ānfealdlīce healdan, and lǣtan heora hefignesse tōweardne dōm hīntan.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Blæc.
Lucky Color: Black — #000000Sēo stilnes ǣr dǣde is self cynne andswaru, and nā ælc clypung bitt hrædlīcne andsware.