On worulde tārotes stilþ þæt wīf þone lēon mid hire hrinen, still mægen lǣdende þæt wilde. Ac þonne sēo carte on hēafde biþ gewended, wierþ þæt hrinen tō gripe, sēo līþnes āweg. Þæs lēon manu ārīst under hire handa. Sēo lyft on rūme þiccaþ. Þæt þe sceolde still gecwide bēon, wierþ stearc, swā tīgung leþerstranges, swā unbūgende bite brīdoles on horses ceaflum þonne se rīdend tīehþ wiþ wiþerstandnesse, nā wiþ getrēowe.
Hwǣr on hēahlandum Caucasus secgaþ ealde spell be wīgendum þe īsenneglode bōtas wēron and gebīgede ecga æt heora beltum heoldon, on scēaþum þæs ilcan blēoes swā ādrȳged oxanblōd. Þās wīgend gelȳfdon þæt tō ofercumenne wilde ēa sceolde man ǣrest on hire flōde standan, his stæf dēope on þone stānbedd plantiende, and wiþsacende tō bēonne āstyred. Se strēam þringþ heardor. Se līchama stearcaþ, mūscelas tīgiende. Se stæf tōsplint, and sēo ēa hrȳmþ hlūddor, unforht. Ealde heargas þāra munta sind getimbrode of stānum gemearcodum mid blēo granatæppla þe on weofode tōclufon. Sēo offrung sceal ārfæst bēon, ac þonne se seax tō rūhlīce þringþ, þonne berstaþ sǣd, wōs yrnende on rīþum niþer andlang þæs prēostes handwriþes. Se swēta wæstm is þǣr, ac nīed ātīehþ hine swētnesse.
On cēape æt æfenglōme hyrþ meteslaga on gemearcodum bærsmēle his clēaf, and settaþ hine be sīdan racenteage smocedra metewyrsta. Sēo lyft is hefig mid stence wyrtgemanga, mid gemynde hærfestes and slæges. Gif hē hræt, þone ecg tō fæste gripende, þonne slīt se mete þǣr hē gieldan sceolde, sina tōspringende mā þonne clǣnlīce snīdende. Sēo lār gǣþ ūt: tō nīedenne is tō frēcnenne tō brecenne þæt þe mihte bēon gesceapen.
Āt hām hang eald felwetwahrift ofer lyftigre ēagþȳrele. Gēarum ǣr bregd hand smēale cnottan on his fnæde, and fand ǣgþer wlite and trymnesse on wrīþe þæs þrǣdes. Nū, þonne se wind þæt glæs hrȳt, tīehþ hwā þone wahrift tō mid ræse, tō heard, and se clāþ tīgþ wiþ þone stæf. Þæt rūm sceal wearm bēon, ac þæt gebǣre lǣfþ smale mearc, gemynd ungeþyldes þǣre handa.
Þonne stormas ofer Carpaþiscum feldum gaderiaþ, hweorfaþ wolcnu nēahe, and bringaþ rēn þe þā eorþan dēagþ. Scēaphierdas hēapiaþ be heora fȳrum, gemyndgende spell felda þe hergum wǣron getredene. Se lām clifaþ tō bōtum, tō wænhweolum, tō wyrttruman bētwyrta þe tō þǣre deorcan eorþan clifiaþ. Þæt land gieldeþ þæt se tīma lǣfþ āna. Gif þū mid wanhālum handum delfst, þonne springaþ þā wyrttruman, and þæt þe on þīnre handflatan wunaþ, is lǣsse þonne þæt þe þū sōhtest.
Tōdæg is sēo lār þæs ymbhwyrfdan lēon and þǣre handa þēos: heald lēase, ēac þā hwīle þe þū swincst. Sete granatæppel on þīnum bēode and ceorf hine līþe. Ele leþerbelt, and gefēl his heft, ac ne tīeh hine ofer ēaþnesse. Hōh felwet mid handa, ǣlcne feald smēþende, nā tēonde tō stede tīgan. And gif se rēn fealleþ, læt hine þone grund līþian ǣr þū plantige. Ne nīed nān þing on stearce eorþan.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Deorc rēad.
Lucky Color: DarkRed — #8B0000Strengu mǣnþ hwīlum tō witanne hwænne þū þīnne gripe līesan sceole, for þām þe geþyld is stillra mægen.