Þǣre cartan andwlita ætīewþ þæt sweord, riht and unāwended, gewegen mid wǣgum þe næfre on nāþre healf ne hieldaþ. Hefig clāþ hangþ on þǣm bæce, his andefn þicce genōg þæt hē wendende sceadwa and ungewiss lēoht ūte healde. Hit is middæg, and þǣre sunnan stede ne lǣfþ twēon. Hēr ne hȳdeþ nāþer intinga ne edlēan. Bēgen sind openlīce beforan ūs gesette, and sittap on þām ilcan bēode, and nāþer ne mæg behindan lādunge oþþe behȳdede hyrnas flēon.
Þæs sweordes ecg gemyndgaþ weorc ealdra hyþsmiþþa, þǣr weras and wīf īsen mid gewissum slōgon. Of þām wyrcstōwum cōmon scipgetimbru, ancoran, and genæglede tōl, andweorc þe wǣtum windum and sealtre lyfte wiþstōdon, ā getrēowe, næfre āslācende. On morgenum þonne se mist ūp āhōf, urnon hyþmenn heora handa andlang þāra cōlra gearwena hrycga, and getrēowdon þæs metes stille behāt. Īsenwegas ēac wǣron of þissum gemete geworhte, līnan þe on rihtum unāwendedum wegum lagon, and lǣddon wegfarende and gōd of byrig tō byrig būtan slæcunge oþþe wōge.
Þā wǣgan gemyndgaþ weorcbēod smēþes tolwyrhtan. On stillum hyrnum Europe worhton cræftigan wǣgbollas and næglas of þām ilcan mete, and scōpon hīe mid handum tō emnete and tō sōþe. Caliperas oþþe getrēowe cycenwǣge, of cneorisse on cneorisse giefen, āgon heora langsumnesse þām ilcan andweorce, þe ne rusteþ and under wendendum wedere stille stent. Þonne se æfennes storm forþgǣþ and se heofon biþ beorht and clǣne, þonne ætīewaþ ēastānas under yþigendum wætere, nā behȳdede and nā wōge. Fisceras æt þǣm hyþum tōdǣlaþ heora feng, and lecgaþ ǣlcne fisc on wǣge on openre lyfte, and getrēowaþ þǣm gemete þæt hit saca būtan wordum sette.
Se clāþ behindan þǣre sittendan anlīcnesse is swā nytwyrþe swā smiþes bærsmēl, scyld wiþ glēdum and wiþ flēogendum fīlum, oþþe swā se wrigels þe ofer dōmstōwes ēagþȳrel is getogen, þæt hē þā sōþ inne healde and þā tōdrǣfednesse ūte. On cycenum hangþ þes clāþ oft swā handclāþ be þǣm wæterfæte, gebrocen tō polienne þone mete wēriges hlædeles oþþe tō āwipienne melu æfter þām þe hlāf biþ gecneaden. On smiþþum byrig sitt bæþ of þām ilcan mete on smiþþeflōre, gefylled mid wætere þe hāte tōl cōlaþ and þā handa þāra þe riht on īsene and on swāte scieppaþ, līþaþ.
Wyrtūnas æt ēaecge giefaþ hwīlum wyrt mid weaxigum blēdum, þe nēah þǣm grunde blōwmaþ þǣr stān wæter mēteþ. Sēo blōstm þearf eorþan þe is welig on ǣrenum, and þæs flōdes stencunge. Hēo wunaþ þurh swingende windas and þurh færlica hātawendunga. Gaderiendas and wandriendas samod dydon þās blōstman on heora pūsan, and gelȳfdon þæt hīe sweotolnesse brōhton on hāmcyme of feorrum hyþum. On cēapburgum hrȳtaþ ārcratu niþer of muntmȳnum under heofonum þe rēn clǣne āþwōg, and heora innung is āmǣned tō wyrcstōwum þǣr lagu and gewinn mētaþ.
Tōdæg meaht þū þīne morgenātan on getrēowre wǣgbollan metan, oþþe metenne spon brūcan, gesmiþodne and geendodne tō līfes langsumnesse, tō hrērenne þīn tē. Gif þū īsenbrycge ofergǣst, sette þīne handflatan on þone cōlan hrycg, and læt gemynd þurh þē gān. Ūtgānde on dæg þe storm nū clǣnsode, meaht þū æt ēaecge bīdan, sēon þæt wæter sweotole ofer stānas yrnan, and smeagan. Gif þū eald bæþ oþþe tol findst, nim tīd tō clǣnsienne and tō weorþienne hit.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Īsenhæwen.
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