On þǣre cartan anlīcnesse þringþ wīf hire handa on þæs lēon ceafl, gewealdende þā wildnesse mid geþylde and mid stillum stande. Ac þonne sēo carte wend, wierþ þæt þe wæs līþe willa nū tō stearcnesse, and þæs lēon wiþerstandennes wexþ scearpra under þām tīgendan gripe. Sēo racu wend of getrēowe tō tīgan. On ealdum hyllum Yorkshire swuncon mȳnmenn hwīlum under eorþan, þrȳccende heora līchaman and heora tōl wiþ willan stānes. Heora piccæxas hringdon wiþ ealdum seame, swāt droppende under blice lēohtfata. Swā mā se stān wiþsōc tō gieldenne, swā heardor þrȳcdon þā weras, and swā dēopra wæs sēo stilnes þe fylgde stearcum ǣdre.
Mist gaderaþ on ǣrestan morgenne, windende þurh lānas cræftbyrig. Hē hangþ þicce ofer wǣtum stānlānum, forswelgende fōtstapas and ādimmende þone feorran swēg cræfttōla. Cnys bōta on stīelbrycge, stilnes rēnes on sōtdeorum hrōfum: þis sind swēgas þurhwununge gecunnodre, gewinnes þe mēteþ woruld þe ǣlcne þring onfēhþ būtan andsware. On cycenum hrȳtaþ cetelas lange gebrocene on heora ofenhringum, berende mearca gēara on fȳre. Heora mete is gegræfen and ādolod mid stēame, se brerd næfre tō scīne geþolod ac gewitnes unārīmendra wellunga. Se spon on his calice forlǣten hrērþ tē þe cōl geworden is, still gewitnes bīdunge æfter nīede.
On mōre snacaþ stānwāh ofer horizont, ǣlc flōr mid handa gesett tō þurhwunienne þone unendendan wind. Mōs crȳpþ betwēonan cīnum, ecga līþende, ac se wāh stent for þām þe hwā stān nīedde tō restenne wiþ stān, þring ānes healdende þone ōþerne ūp. Se ilca wind þe þone mōr sciepþ, ceorfþ ēac gewunan stearcnesse on līf þāra þe þǣr wuniaþ. Þonne se storm inwealceþ, þringaþ wolcnu nēahe, þæt land dimmende on heofon. Wiþerstandennes stearcaþ, and swā dēþ se willa þe him ongēn stent.
On smiþþan cōlaþ anfilt æfter langes dæges weorce. Þā hamormeaca sind clǣne and dēope þǣr mete on nīwe hīw wæs genīeded, ac se anfilt þurhwunaþ, næfre mā gieldende þonne hē sceal. Īsenspōna gaderiaþ on þrūh niþer, dūstende þone flōr mid gemyndum ǣlces sleges. Se bærsmēl be dura gehanged is æt seame wērig, berende heft gewinnes and gemynd hǣte. Innan þissum wāgum gǣþ þurhwunung smale līne. Tō micel nīed, and sēo ecg wōhþ. Tō lȳtel, and hēo ne nimþ næfre ord.
Tōdæg meaht þū orþ tēon be mistegum ēagþȳrele, and lætan þā ūtan stilnesse þīne geþōhtas fyllan. Smeaga þone cetel tō nimenne, wæter eft tō wellenne tō nīwum tēscence, and lætan þone þēaw bīdunge betwēonan gewinnum mearcian. Gā ecge stānwāges oþþe fylge þīnum fingre andlang grānes wel brūcedes tōles, gefēlende stilnesse þinga þe mid geþylde and mid þringe sind gesceapene. Læt þæt weder bēon þīn lārēow. Þonne se rēn wiþsæcþ hrædlīce tō āhebbenne, stand innan him, and gīem hū hē settaþ, unhræd and gewiss.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Dimgræg.
Lucky Color: DimGray — #696969Geþyld under þringe: ēac stān gieldeþ, on tīde.