Sēo swēore heall stent still, hire bencu īdele. Þǣr þā wǣgan sceoldon wegan, þǣr styreþ ān lyft āna, and berþ þone smalan metstenc of sweorde þe on his scēaþe ne ēode for wucum. Dūst gaderaþ unemne on þām marmarstāne, and settaþ on forlǣtenum hyrnum, and mearcaþ ymbhwyrft þæs dēmendes scōna þe nis andweard. Þæt rūm, getimbrod tō sweotolnesse and tō endebyrdnesse, fint hit self āīdlod mid stilnesse, swā gemynd þæs setles self sīe forloren. Þā lagbēc þe on þām bēode sind āhēapode, hieldaþ tōgædere, hrycgas tōbrocene, leaf gemearcod nā mid dōmum ac mid tīde and mid anbīdunge. Se dōmhamor, hwīlum mearc dōmes, sitt unbrocen, wǣt mid þǣre nihtes dropum.
Þēos unandswarode clypung andweardnesse clypaþ geond burga. On ealdum burgum of ealdum stāne getimbrodum lǣdaþ wērige stæpas tō dōmdurum þe nū sind belocene for bōtum þe nān mann ne tīmaþ. Ufan hangþ se heofon nēah, wolcnhyll þe næfre fullīce ne ontȳnþ, and þringþ niþer on hrōf and on strǣta mid þurhwuniendum, anlīcneslēasum drȳf. On swylcum dagum þyncþ sēo woruld āwended betwēonan dǣdum, gefangen on betwēoxe þǣr weorc onginnaþ and ne settaþ. Sēo dōmstōwecatt, gewunelīce sliþ sceadu þe betwēonan swēorum scyt, cīest þæt hēo under bence crēope, ēagan healf belocene, bīdende styrenesse þe ne cymþ.
Elles, on feldum þǣr land horizont mēteþ, gemyndgaþ menn spell forlorenra dēmend and þāra gēara þonne nān mann saca ne sette. Þā feldas licgaþ īdele mid stubble þæs ærran tīman, and hegas hieldaþ swā hīe hopoden tō landmētere þe næfre ne cymþ. Āt wegum stent eald anfilt, hwīlum heorte þæs scōhsmīþes cræftes, nū ūte forlǣten tō gaderienne morgenwǣtan and smælne grit of þām forþgāngendum winde. Tūnesmenn gāþ him be, and ne scēawiaþ, heora saca ādimmode, heora behāt ungehealdene. Se hamor, hwīlum āhafen tō scieppenne horsscōs oþþe næglas, hangþ on his pille, unhrinen.
On cycene sitt cetel on glēdpanne, nā wellende and nā cōl, his sīdan dolle and ādimmode of gēarum handa and stēames. Se stōppīpe ufan, mid sōte gemearcod, tīehþ þæt ēage ūp tō þām ræfterum þǣr gangewifras mid ǣlcum smalan lyfte swingaþ. Ealde tēpotan and bæcþrūh, heora brerd ādimmod of brūce and of þwǣle, restaþ on þǣre scealfe behindan. On þām spichūse is linsǣdpūse tōborsten, and his innung ūtsīpþ, tōsprǣdd betwēonan rīscornum and þām lȳtlum stānum þæs ærran gēares hærfestes. Sēo ætfēolnes lǣdendre handa, þæs þe swāpan, bētan, and dēman wolde, is gefēled on ǣlcum hyrne þæs rūmes.
Būtan stillum rytmum rihtes onfēhþ sēo woruld stilnesse lēadenes morgens. Brycga ofer þā ēa licgaþ, and ne sind gefarene. Oferscyrta hangap on cystum, heora līninga hnesce āwerede of gēarum þe bīddon hlāfordas þe næfre on tīde hām ne cōmon. On wyrcstōwe rest þæs trēowwyrhtan scafa ufan healfgesceapenes bēodfōtes, and loccas spōna sind ymbe hine gegaderode swā unāgotene dīegolnessa costnunge þe næfre tō ende ne cōm.
Tōdæg meaht þū þone heorþ swāpan and þā tōsprǣddan linsǣd of þæs spichūses flōre gaderian. Þū meaht þone lēasan hengil on þǣre cycenduru bētan, oþþe eald tol on þǣre wyrcstōwe glisian, and lætan þīne handa heora willan gemyndgian. Gif se heofon hefig is and unbūgende, gā slāwe under þām wolcnum, and hlyst clypunge dōma þe bīdaþ tō bēonne gedōn.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Dimgræg.
Lucky Color: DimGray — #696969Læt lȳtle dǣda þā īdelan stōwa fyllan, for þām þe riht eft cymþ þā hwīle þe sēo woruld biþ geheald.