Ān līchama stent, ān fōt hrīnþ þone ecg clǣnes pōles, and se ōþer tredeþ līþe on þæt wāte gærs. On hira handum lǣdaþ twā calicas, mid brūce seolfrade, wæter of ānum fæt tō ōþrum. Smal pæþ, healf on morgenlēohte, lǣt fram þām pōle and windþ þurh þā hrēod, tō feorrum hlīþe þǣr se hrycg mēt þone heofon. Bufan is sēo lyft līþe and stille styrigende, nā weder warm ne ceald, and hēo bereþ stenc sealtnes and dēawes. Þæs wæteres brād bīegþ mid ǣlcere slāwre gēotunge, nā oferflōwende ne gehydd, ac ā wendende eft tō emnete.
Fela gēara ǣr, on burgum be Liguriscum sǣriman, sigldon cēapmenn mid hulum fullum dēorwierþra stāna. Sume stānas, of ēastrēamum āþwegene, hæfdon beorgas oferfaren ǣr hīe cōmon tō gesundum hyþe. Betwēonan þissum wæs ān cyn dēore nā for fȳre ac for cōlnesse and clǣnnesse, and for þȳ þe hit heold gemynd þǣre sǣ. Þæs goldsmiþes bēod on stillum cræftes hūse healdeþ swelcne stān, blācne and smēþne, on hringe gesettne tō behāte, oþþe on rāpe gefæstne tō restenne wiþ þone hol þæs þrotan. Wegfarende bǣron hīe, swā man sægde, tō stilienne þā ysta flōdes and mōdes.
On ealdum wederlāre sind dagas þonne se heofon and þā ȳþa ne magon bēon tōdǣlde. Fisceras hātaþ þās glæsmorgenas. On swelcum dagum hangþ mist niþer, and sēo woruld þyncþ āhangen betwēonan dæges tōbrocenesse and middæges fullum lēohte. Nett sind āworpen on þā stilnesse, þǣr þæt wæter þyncþ endelēas, ēgþer ge mearc ge lāþung. On swelcre hwīle is gemengung sealtnes and swētes wæteres æt þæs ēamūþes nēah ungesewen, and þēah hēo sciepþ þæt þe leofaþ and þæt þe þēahþ.
Þǣr is wyrt, hnesclēaf and slīdend, on cicenum geheald for hire līþan biternesse. Hēo wexþ betst be þām wæterfæte, þǣr man hīe mæg on wege wǣtan, and hire stelan healdaþ gemynd līþra sǣ. Cōcas brūcaþ hīe tō swæcce briwa and broþa, and mengaþ hire swæcc swā hēo nǣfre ne oferstīgaþ, ac bringþ sibbe on þone bollan. On þām wyrtūne tīehþ þēos wyrt bēon, and hire lȳtlan blōstman sind smale, unēaþe þā lyft hrīnende, and healdaþ dropan þǣre nihtes rēnes.
On sumum morgenum nimþ man līnenes seolces of þām cyste, geheald tō giftum and tō stillum þēawum. Man bint hit ymbe þone handbēag, oþþe fealdeþ hit tō sweotole. His cōle hrīning is frōfor, and gemyndgaþ þæt stæþignes is þing gelēafes and gīemene. On ealdres handa biþ lȳtel stān on codde āsliden ǣr færeld, dīegol þēaw gesundes weges and clǣnra geþōhta. Elles biþ ēagþȳrel ontȳned tō sǣwinde, and þæt hūs mæg orþian. Sum mann gǣþ pæþ be wætere, and bīdeþ þǣr sēo lyft smēþost þyncþ, and hlysteþ þǣre smalan gemengunge ealra þinga.
Tōdæg meaht þū bæþ tēon, and handful sǣsealtnes on hrēran, tō gemyndienne gemōtunge fersces and sealtnes. Þū meaht wyrtte drincan, and sceawian hū þā lēaf hwirfliaþ and tō stilnesse setlaþ. Þū meaht þīne handa þwean under cōlum yrnendum wætere, and geþencan þæt færeld þe hit of wylle tō strēame fōr. Gif þū hæfst lāc of þām sǣriman, heald hit āne hwīle, and gefrēd hefignesse and lēohtnesse þæs þe feorr fōr tō restenne mid þē.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Meregrēne.
Lucky Color: Aquamarine — #7FFFD4Læt þisne dæg bringan þā stillan gemōtunge strēama.