Þæt wīf and se lēo on carte þǣre Strengu sind belocene on tīde tīgan. Sēo līþe lāþung þæs nīetenes wierþ tō gripe and tō willan, and se lēo, mid handa and mid gesihþe gebūr, andswaraþ mid tæslum sine and mid bærendum tōþum. Þis nis ēaþnes geþwǣrnesse, ac gewinn ūt getogen, cunnende mearca bēgra healfa.
Sume þing on worulde gewitiaþ swylce nīede. On wǣtum feldum and rūgum mǣdum norþlandes stent wildblōstm stearc wiþ windum. Heahe, wīrige stelan wiþsacaþ tō būgenne, ēac þonne hærfestes windas of nīedrum mōsum inswāpaþ. His heapas þringaþ tōgædere, nearwe and rihte, swā hīe wiþ storm styþien. Nīetenu nyllaþ hine etan. His smæcc is biter, his andweardnes wuniende þǣr læswa stearce wexaþ and eorþe is wāc. Eorþtilian cnottodon hwīlum bundas his tō hegstæpum, stelan cnyttende swā warnung oferferendum oþþe tācen saclīces landes.
Furþor, on merscum andlang ealdra ēa, mearcaþ sēo wyrt mearc betwēonan wætere and felde. Hēo wexþ þǣr þā hrēod þynniaþ, þǣr sēo eorþe ungewiss is. Wegfarende þe þā dicg gāþ, geseoþ hire rūgan stelan fōnde þæt endemeste dæglēoht, þæt ilce lēoht þe hwīlum on sīþum hærfestmanna scēan. Lange ǣr wǣron þās stelan mid handa gegaderode and tō drȳgenne on scēafum gesette. Þonne hīe tōclofene and gewridene wǣron, wurdon hīe þrǣd tō þæcenum hrōfum oþþe rūge byrstas besma on cycenum þe stuncun mōssmēoces and gewyldra wyrttruma. Hūsfreo weorþodon besman of his heardum stelum geworhtne tō swāpenne þā hyrnas þǣr lām clāf and dæglēoht seldan cōm.
Racu nīede þe tō nīedunge wend, nis tō felde oþþe tō heorþe āna belocen. On ealdum spellum wǣron sceptra lȳtelra cyninga gecorfen of wuda þe stormas oferlifde and ne molsnode, gecoren þæt þæt tācen þā handa oferlifde. Bōceras wrīton bebodu on bōcfell, sēo feþer hefig and hræd, swā trummes þæs tōles meahte endebyrdnesse on unstille tūnas bringan. On wyrcstōwum þe þā lāmigan lānas līndon, brūcodon smiþas gierda syndrigre heardnesse þonne hīe tōl gehyrdedon, witende þæt se stīele ānne gemet þringes underfēnge ǣr hē tōbræce. Eall þās þing, stela, besma, scepter, gierd, standaþ for þǣre tīde þonne lādfæstnes tō hæftnunge wierþ, and carfulnes tō bebode.
Ēac se heofon hielt tō þissere lāre. Þonne læt sumor on ǣrne hærfest þringþ, settaþ mist on feldum, þicce and unāstyred. Þā wolcnu hangap nēahe and rēþe, swā sēo lyft self unwillende sīe tō gieldenne. On swylcum dagum stearciaþ þā wildblōstman furþor, ūp wīsiende, wiþsacende tō būgenne. Fuglas forbugaþ þā hefigan stelan, and sittaþ mā on lǣs stearcum bogum.
Tōdæg meaht þū stelan of oferweaxenum lēah gaderian and hine ufan þīnre dura cnyttan tō gemynde. Swā þīnne cycenflōr mid þām ealdostan besman þe þū āhst, and læt ǣlcne byrst þē gemyndgian þurhwununge and wiþerstandnesse. Gā be sīdan ēa oþþe feldes þǣr wildu gærs hēah wexaþ, and hrīn ǣlcne stelan mid þīnum fingrum. Gif þū wrītst, cēos feþere þe hefig on þīnum gripe þyncþ, and læt his þring þīne word lǣdan.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Deorc gylden.
Lucky Color: DarkGoldenRod — #B8860BSīe dæges nīed mid geþylde gelīþod, and geleornige þæt þe stearc stent, on tīde, tō būgenne.