Twā calicas, līþelīce gehealdene, wrixliaþ wæter on stæþigum ryne. Under þām calicum gaderaþ lȳtel pōl þæt þe oferflēowþ, and begeondan bīegþ blāc pæþ ūpweard tō feorrum hyllum. Sēo hand þe mengþ ne efsteþ, for þȳ þe hēo wāt þæt emnet cymþ þurh geþyld āna. On þissum hwīle nis nāht fæst oþþe stille. Sēo gemengung wendeþ þæt gewunelīce tō þām nēodþearfe, and þæt syndrige tō þām hālum.
Þǣr is burg cūþ for hire wæterscēatum, on ealdum sǣriman geheald, þǣr sealt and clǣnnes mētaþ. Hēr windan wæterlāde ofer dena and brycga, stān ofer stāne geþimbrod þurh manigra handa weorc. Þæt wæter þe hīe lǣdaþ nis ān tō drincenne, ac ēac tō þām bæþum, þǣr menn gaderiaþ on stilnesse and āþweaþ þæs dæges byrþena. Stēam rīseþ and bīegþ on þǣre lyfte, and līþegaþ andwlitan and heortan. Se bæþfæt, oft of marmstāne gecorfen, healdeþ þæt þe biþ giefen and þæt þe biþ āgiefen, and hielt his scīmende brād mid þǣre stilnesse mere æt ǣrdæge.
Furþor ēast ēhtiaþ fisceras smælne fisc, weorþne for his blēo and swiftum wendum. On gewefenum nettum gefangen, biþ se fang tō cēapstōwe geboren, on glæsenum īsclūdum geþæht, þe of beorga wyllum wǣron genumen. Se stenc sealtnes and sēo ciele meltendes īses gemengaþ wiþ þām swēge cēapes, and ælc fang is spell geþyldes and cræftes. Þis sind þā hwīla þonne weorc and gecynd mētaþ, nā on wiþerweardnesse ac on carfulre wrixle, swā sēo gemetene gēotung betwēonan calicum.
Æt hām stent se wæterfæt cōl on þǣre handa, fæt þe þæt hweol scōp and þe gēotan mæg būtan oferflōwe. Hit abīdeþ on þām beode, gefylled of wyllum oþþe renbydenum, gearu tō þweanne dustige wyrttruman on þām wyrtūne oþþe tō āþweanne þā endemestan eorþan of hærfeste lenctenpīsa. On æfenne biþ ān bolla gesett beforan cilde, full sǣs wæstme, glæse sceardas cudele, hnesce and frisce, on citrum and wyrtum aworpene. Ælc swæcc and ælc stenc gemyndgaþ þæt andgiet þæt man cymþ tō nīwre and clǣnre stōwe.
On sumum morgenum ontȳnþ se heofon æfter rene, and sēo lyft gaderaþ þone stenc feorra flōdpola. Dēaw gaderaþ on þæs ēagþȳreles þerscolde, and tōbrȳt þā woruld ūte on lȳtle beorhte worulda hira āgenra. Tō standenne on þām þerscolde on þǣre hwīle, and tō orþienne lyft þe ofer ēa and sealtfeldum fōr, is tō gefrēdenne þone ecg edniwunge. Eall is on styrunge tō stilnesse, and on stilnesse is gehātnes styrunge.
Mann mæg fylle bæþfæt mid wætere æt ǣrdæge genumen, and on him wǣtan handful bēana oþþe sǣda tō latorre sǣde. Mann mæg sēcan open bæþ, nā for wæfersȳne ac for þām slāwan and dīeglan þēawe clǣnsunge. Æfter rene gā, and æt strēame bīd, and sceawa hū se ryne lēaf and lēoht niþerweard bereþ. Æt hām bring mete of sǣ, ceviche oþþe smælne broþ, and et hine stille, and ār þæt færeld fram wætere tō bēode.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Wæterhæwen.
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