On þām bēode sind þā wǣgan unemne hangende forlǣtene, heora swīþre healf hefigre þǣr ān stān rest. Sēo ecg is behindan on þǣre bence forlǣten, ac his ord is ādolod, unbrocen behāt. Sēo anlīcnes þe ofer þissum stillan dōme sittan sceolde, is āweg: ān handmearc āna wunaþ on þām dūste. Þǣr endebyrdnes hwīlum clypode, þǣr is anbīdung, and rytm þæs rūmes næfþ his heortan. Þurh þæt ēagþȳrel gaderiaþ wolcnu. Rēn hæfþ þæt glæs tōsmered, and līþode þā woruld ūte, swā sēo burg self ymbhwyrft þæs þe sceolde scearp bēon āmǣned, ādimmode.
On ealdum spellum cymþ ætfēolnes dōmes mid cume nihte. Cēapstallan, hwīlum mid bolla eleberigena and mid hweolum cȳse gerǣwode, sind belocene. Andlang ēastrandes āstīgaþ colhēapas, stille, rūge, and þicce, bīdende fȳra þe tōniht ne bēoþ ontende. Scipu þe on hyþe swingaþ, healdaþ heora hlæst behȳded under tærrewætum clāþe, fæste getogen tō healdanne þone wǣtan ūt, ac eall þyncþ āwended, swā se wind self unlustig sīe forþ tō scūfanne. Āt wegum sitt blæc lagwrīteres gerīmes unhrinen, leaf healf gefylled mid gerīmum gecwida þe ununderwritene wǣron forlǣtene. Sēo catt, gebīged on þǣre sōte be sīdan þæs cōlan ofnes, bītt hāmcyme cūþra fōtstapa.
Stǣr cann þās bīdunga. Gēarhundum ǣr, on mynsterbōchūse, mǣnde forloren bōcere þæt lagscrēad unonlīhte wunodon āne tīd, and lǣfdon īdelne brǣdo betwēonan ealdum dōmum. On norþe wealcede storm hwīlum inn on þǣre tīde þonne dōmas sceoldon bēon gesprecene. Se heofon tēah nēah, and forswalg þā feldas, and āþwōg þā mearca betwēonan þām þe hwām geþēode. Þā burgware scyldodon on rūmum gewefenum mid þiccre wulle and mid stearcum canefase, and sprǣcon stille under wrigelse þǣre langsuman, unbrocenan nihte. On feldum sæton crāwan on forlǣtenum sulum, swā hīe woldon dōm gewitian þe ne cōme.
On dīeglum cycenum tōdæg is swēg morteres þe piporcorn grint, still, ac se mete biþ geboden tō bēode mid ānum setle īdlum. Sēo īsenpanne, mid gēarum brūces gesealfod, heald þā hǣtu, ac þā handa þe gewunelīce þone hlāf tōdǣlaþ, ne sind andwearde. Sweorclāþ, on hōce forgiten, fēhþ stenc rēnes and smēoces. Þā scōs be þǣre dura sind gerǣwode, þwanga unācnottode, bīdende heora hlāford þe elles wunaþ.
Tō ātēonne wīsdōm swylcre anbīdunge mæg mann stille sittan gehende cetle on þām ofne, and lætan þone stēam ūp rīsan and gemengan wiþ stence forbærnedes hlāfes, hlystende þām dropunge rēnes. Man mæg dǣl of ealdre lagbēc on bōc wrītan, and fylgian þǣre carfullan endebyrdnesse ēac þonne nān mann ne wacaþ. Tō hrīnenne þone smēþan sīdan ēapolisces, oþþe tō þrȳcenne popigtwīg betwēonan leafum, mæg unstille handa stilian. Tō fealdanne clāþdǣl and tō settanne hine onsundor tō hwæs hāmcyme, oþþe tō healdanne þone fȳr mid slāwre geþylde, weorþaþ þā tīd þe emnet þearf tō cumanne eft on þæt rūm.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Blæc.
Lucky Color: Black — #000000Stilnes, ēac on ætfēolnesse, mæg mid lȳtlum stillum dǣdum bēon geclypod, for þām þe rēn and fȳr habbaþ heora āgene hringas, and swā ēac riht.