Sweord and wǣge standaþ on midde þæs hēan bēodes, and heora ymbhwyrft is scearp wiþ þone clāþ þe behindan hangþ, hefig and still swā dōmstōwes wahrift on middæge. Hēr berþ sēo lyft nā þæs middæges wǣtme āna, ac sweotolnesse swā geslīpen elpendbān, þe man ne mæg gedwolan oþþe gemengan. Þū gesiehst intingan and edlēan openlīce sittan, and ǣlc bītt his tīd tō sprecanne, and middæges lēoht wiþsæcþ ǣgþer sceade and ofermǣle.
Hwīlum, on ealdum dōmstōwum þǣre Nīle, wrīton bōceras heora dōmas on þām smēþan inneran brerde elpendes gife, and ceorfodon sōþ mid þām smēþostan ordum. Þās bred wǣron cōle tō hrīnenne, and heoldon ǣlc word būtan mearce oþþe wlite, gewrit āmǣned tō wunienne. Þā wǣgan selfe, on þām heortan wǣron gewegene, reston oft on gecorfenum dǣle, sticce earfoþlīce gewunnen of feorrum landum, gebroht mid cēapmannum þe westenas and wudas ofergēodon, and ǣlc strica wæs still gewita cēapes and færeldes. On templum lāgon swylce dǣlas andlang weofoda, and menn gelȳfdon þæt hīe gemynd ǣlces dōmes and ǣlces āþes bǣron.
Feorr norþ, on mistigre byrig ēamist, heoldon cēapmenn hwīlum hringas and cambas þæs ilcan andweorces on dīeglum tēagum. Ǣlc sticce wæs mid carfullum handum gesmēþod, and bær candellēohtes glite, and līþode þā stearcnesse gerīma and gecwida. Þæs cēapmannes wīf, līn fealdende on midmorgenre, bītt tō fylgenne þām smēþan infære on cystlocce. Hēo gemyndgaþ hire ealdemodor, þe hwīlum gecorfen insegl on giftan tōce mægþhād fēng, þing trum and wlitesum, behāt þæt dōmas þe tōdæg wǣron gedōn, clǣnlīce on morgen clypodon.
On sūþum feldum wealcaþ tīdlica stormas inn, ac betwēonan heora hrēohnesse ontȳnþ se middæges heofon hwīlum on fullre sweotolnesse. Þæt lēoht fealleþ ofer þā feldas and ofer þā gecorfenan handla tōla þe on bēode restaþ: wērig ærendopenere, tæflcyning, cildes tōþhring. Menn hēr witan þæt swylce betwēox, scearp, līþe, unbewrogen, sind seldene and sceolon wīslīce bēon gebrocen. Þonne se clāþ is onsundor getogen and sunnanlēoht ofer eall gȳt, þonne ætīewaþ ǣgþer misdǣda and geearnunga hīe selfe.
Þǣr is cyn rihtes on heardum scylle sǣdcoddæs þe clǣnlīce tōberst, on emnum snide bæceres ecge þurh clodd geþryccedes meolces, on carfullre lecgunge ægescylfmosaices ofer gemyndcyste. Þis sind þā stillan dǣda wegunge and tōdāles, weorþunge þæs þe inne is mid āre þæs þe ūte is mearc. Sēo lagu nis nā on scrēadum āna gewriten oþþe mid dēmend gesungen. Hēo leofaþ on ārfæstre handlunge þæs seldnan and þæs langsumnan, on þǣre willendlīcan bīdunge ǣr þām brece, on þǣre stille handa þe ne bifþ.
Tōdæg mæg man tīd settan tō wrītenne ærendgewrit, geþōhtas on scearpne scēat ceorfende and mid clǣnum willan underwrītende. Þū meaht gemynd oþþe gemyndcyste glisian, and gemyndgian þā handa þe hit scōpon, oþþe bēodclāþ rihtan ǣr mete, ǣlcne wrinclan smēþende. Ontȳn ēagþȳrel on middæge, and læt dæglēoht þā sōþan endebyrdnesse þinga on þīnum āgenum hūse ætīewan.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Elpendbān.
Lucky Color: Ivory — #FFFFF0Læt þone dæg bēon gewegen and beorht, for þām þe sōþ lǣfþ līþe and langsume mearce.