On þǣre carte arīsaþ hīw of stānenum prūhum tō swēge bȳman, ac on þisse tīde ymlendaþ ān hīw, healfūpriht, ungewiss. Sēo clypung is ūt gehrungen, nīþer feorr swēg boren ofer hrōfum æt dægrēde, swēgende be rēgnslīcum strǣtum and flætum hrōfum ealdra rādwegstōwa. Sēo woruld bītt, se lyft healdende his ǣþm. Bufan is se heofon blēo ungefremedes weorces, mid wolcnum þe nīþerlīce and hefige þryccaþ, swā hīe ēac ymbhangian betwēonan styrunge and reste.
Feorr fram beorhtum fanum blisse is sēo stilla geþyld wederbitenes weges, fōtbrycg ofer ēa geswolenre of nihtlicum rēgne, his bord gesmēþode of tīegyrum fōtlæsta. Īsenrāpas līniaþ þone brycg, gemearcode of gearum rēgnes and mistes, gemynd þæs fæstan færeldes tīde. On þǣre ceastre beraþ hrōfas þā fæstan stilnesse morgenes, heora sclāttiglas cealde of þǣre nihte, wiþstandende ǣgþer ge sunnan ge storme. Þās hrōfas habbaþ gesewen behāt geworht and gebrocen, culfre nestigende on þām ūfeweardum, scræf wyrhtan scōs þā hwīle þe hīe ābīdaþ, ungewisse, tō lociānne þone orierd.
Būtan þǣre ceastre rīsaþ þā beorgas mid heora hrycgum, þā hēan hlīþas tostreawode mid clūdum þe hwīlum niþer fundon heora weg on ealdum, forgitenum stormum. Andwlite þissa stāna glent blāclīce on þām dēawe, swīgende weardas, unābigendlīce, bīdende þæs dæges wærmþe. Niþer, on þǣre dene, clifaþ nīþer mist tō þām grunde, nāþer rēgn nā sweotol lyft, betwēonanworuld āblendra hīwa and gesōftra ecga. Wegfarende ābīdaþ æt weganginne. Se weg is þǣr, ac sēo tīd is ǣr, and hefignes þæs færeldes sett on heora sculdrum.
Innan, on cycenum ǣr sunnan ūpgange, sett hwā fæt on þone ofen, cytel geswenced of gearum brȳces, his andwlite ādwæsced of unārīmedum handum, bīdende wæteres and līges. On þām weorcborde rest hwetsān be ecge, his andwlite āmearcod of geþyldigre scearpunge, tōl þe ymbhangaþ betwēonan gearwunge and forgȳmelnesse. On þām leornunghūse sittaþ þicce bōc unontȳnede, heora hrycgas on rǣwe gerihte, dūstmotas drīfende ofer hlydum þe cȳþþe behātaþ gif ānlīce hwā tō him rǣcþ.
On wyrtūnum bugaþ leaf olīfes and sāge, āheardode of wedere and tīde, under hefignesse giestrandæges rēgnes. Mēos crȳpþ betwēonan stānum on þām ealdan wylle, hnesce ac þurhwunigende, mearciende þā tīda and þā gēar. Hēr and þǣr, betwēonan þām stelum, hīnt feþer gefeallen of cean oþþe culfran nēan flyht. Se lyft is cōl and stille. Sēo woruld bītt dōmes þe gȳt ne cōm.
Tōdæg nim tīd tō scearpigenne lēofne cnīf, and gemyne þone slāwan gemet stānes and stīeles. Smēa gān cūþne weg æt dægrēde, and ābīdan on brycge oþþe be mēoswealle tō hlystenne feorrum bellum oþþe fuglesange. Brow tē on þām ealdostan cytele þe þū āhst, and lǣt stēam rīsan on þǣre stilnesse, and ymlend be þām ēagþȳrele tō lociānne þone mist wendan and þynnian.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Stāngræg.
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