Sēo bȳme hafaþ geblāwen ofer þām opene felde, and þēah ne styrþ nān mann of sceadwe þæs stānes. Hīw ymlendaþ on ecge ealdes trēowenes cestes, his īsenbendas gehrinde mid gearhundum sǣsealtes and gemyndes. Se dōm is nēah, se lyft þicce mid ābīde, ac se endemesta stæpe is oftogen. On þissum dæge is þæt unefene andwlite þæs sclātenan hrōfes þe þæt ēage tēhþ, eald swā sēo tūn under, ālc tigel mid care gelegd ūt tō healdanne wintres lēce and lenctenes ceald. Hēr gaderaþ mēos on þām hyrnum, and se rēgn gaderaþ on lȳtlum, forgitenum denum betwēonan þām hrycgum.
Ofer sǣ, on norþe, ceorfon delfendas hwīlum þā ealdan clifu, heora hamoras swēgende on ǣfenne. Hīe hīewodon flācas tō scēatum and heorþum, tō durustæpum gesmēþodum of fōtum þāra þe ēac yldedon. On þæs heorþes mūþe ymlendaþ ācōlode ascan of nihtlicum fȳre, swīgende gewitan frignunga þe unandswarode wunedon. Þæs scēates stān is ceald, his andwlite gemearcod of fære tīde and sōtes, swīgend gerēafa ealra daga þonne stefna ārison and dōmas yldede wǣron. On þām heorþbēame bītt ācorfen blæcstān, sceald and ungebrocod, wrīteres gefēra ǣrendgewritum nǣfre āwritenum, andetnessum þe dūst gaderiaþ.
Ūtan healdþ se heofon þā hefigan þryccunge tōweardes stormes. Se wind þrycþ nīþerlīce, and flæt þæs mēdes heage gærs. Æt ecge þæs feldes, þǣr sēo eorþe on forgieten stāndelf dȳfeþ, gaderaþ wæter on scealdum mere, þæt andwlite unbrocen būtan þǣre scortostan hrīnungum fugles fiþera. Ymbe eall þyncþ sēo woruld ābīdan, unwillende tō oferfarenne þerscold þe ne mæg bēon unofarfaren. Ēac þæs weliges wyrttruman, rǣcende on þā wǣtan and ǣrweligan moldan, þyncaþ yldian, healdende fæste tō þām cūþan on þæs þe hīe feorror sēcan.
On þǣre cycene sitt se ealda mortere on þām bēode, his boll ācorfen of þām ilcan stāne swā þā hrōfas and þā byrgenmearca on þām lictūne. Hē hafaþ leaf and sǣd geþrūten ofer cneorissa, his innewefod ādwæsced of brȳce, and þēah bītt hē nū dōmes be tōnihtes mēle. Behȳded on deorcum hyrne is fisceres nett tīdlīce gewunden, ālc cnotta fæst and bīdende, ealde rāpas þe hwīlum dīegelnessa ūp ātugon under þām flōdstānum. Þās nett gemunaþ ǣfenas þonne se feng unātogen wunode oþ dægrēd, þæt weorc ylded, sēo clypung unandswarod, behāt mergenes ā andweard.
Tōdæg mæg mann lēasne sclāt on his hrōfe lappian oþþe ascan of forgȳmedum heorþe āswāpan. Mann mæg ǣrendgewrit wrītan on ealdre bōc, and lǣtan þā word feallan swā hīe willaþ, oþþe gān lenge stānheges, and rǣdan ǣlce wederbitene ecge. Standende be ēagþȳrele, handa bewundene ymbe wearme cuppan, magon hīe hlystan þām gaderiendan storme and gefrēdan hefignesse ābīdes, tīd gegiefen, dōm ylded, cūþ swā se fæsta andweardnes stānes æt þām þerscolde.
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