Se engel þǣre Metgunge stent mid hire fatum, ac on þissum hwīle hieldeþ ān calic, and wæter spilþ ūt on þone stān. Þǣr sibb sceolde wunian, slīdeþ unemnet inn, and ælc dropa flīehþ his āsetedan wege, gaderigende þǣr hē wile. Þonne sēo carfulle gemengung swicaþ, weorþaþ ecgas and mearca gesewene, scearpe and unlīþe swā basalt clifu rīsende of unstillum sǣriman. Þæs calices innoþ, āboden tō bēonne mid gemete gegoten, yrnþ nū ungeheald, sūcende on þā eorþan oþþe wealcende ofer obsidiān molde þe ēaofere līnaþ, ælc ceald, glæsen, and still.
On þǣre stilnesse þe þām gote folgaþ wunaþ andgiet edlēanes. On ealdum tūnum sitt þæs smiþes anfilt æt heortan þǣre smiþþan, gewundod and þoligende. Īsen sliehþ on īsen, and ælc dweliende slege sent scūr sōtes ofer þā heorþstānas. Se smiþ wīpaþ handa on clūte geblēodum mid blæce of geallhnytum, dēopum hīwe þe nele þweale giefan. Þis sind smita gewinnes þe wōh ēode, mægenes ān lȳtel of middel gelǣded, þǣr þæt emnet þe hwīlum wæs geheald nū āne hwīle is forloren. Se clūt hangþ be hrægle, hefigum mid sindrum langes weorces, and sēo lyft bereþ stenc bærninge.
Elles, on þām tūne, gaderiaþ crāwan bufan unwestmum feldum, hira feþera slīce and unscīnende swā col. Hīe waciaþ mid scearpum ēagum for þām þe biþ forgieten oþþe bæftan lǣten, sǣd ungesāwen, corn āgoten of þām hōppere. Þā fuglas cīgaþ, hira stefnas nāþer wilcume ne unwilcume, ac gemynd gecyndes unhieldendes dōmes. On codde forþgāngendes eorþtilian rest smēþe gepolierod clott gagātes be sǣdcodde. Se stān is hālsung sūcunge, hwīlum gelīefed tō āwyrgenne stormas and ungelimp.
Stormas selfe cumaþ swā midniht þunorwolcnu, swelgende þā endemestan lāfa æfenglōma bufan þām hrōfum. Sēo lyft þiccaþ, and sēo woruld stillaþ, bīdende þæt se rēn onginne. Under þām oferslæge sitt īsen cetel bufan þām ofne, gaderiende warmþe tō þām æfene þe cymþ. Þæt fæt is ānfeald, nytt, mid fȳre gesceapen and on wætere gecōlod, his ūtanweard mid gēarum brūces gemearcod. Þonne þæt emnet is of, and se cetel tō lange lǣten, flīehþ stēam on hwistunge, and se cetel gemyndgaþ þone cōc hū ēaþe geþyld mæg oferweallan.
On þām cicentēage wrīþ licorice wyrttruma betwēonan lēasum tēlēafum and pipercornum. Hē is biter and swēt æt āne, swæcc þe wunaþ. Þā handa þe tō him rǣcaþ magon ēac seolcsweotole gaderian, geblēode mid þām blēo þe on þām clūte æt þǣre smiþþan clifaþ, geboren on færeldum þurh ungewiss weder. Sēo sweotol scildeþ wiþ færlīcre ciele æt æfenne, þonne se heofon his blēo forlīest and se pæþ beforan biþ āmǣten ān be þām þe of þǣre gaderiendan sceadwe ūt stent.
Tōdæg mæg mann sōt of heorþe clǣnsian, þone cetel polian oþ þæt hē þæt leohfæt scēawaþ, oþþe dǣl gagātes be þām bedde lecgan ǣr slǣpe. Mann mæg sweotole beran swā se æfen fealleþ, hīe gehende cnyttende and stæppende on þā stilnesse þe æfter þām gote cymþ, witende þæt sēo woruld gȳt hwerfþ and þæt wæter his weg findeþ.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Blæc.
Lucky Color: Black — #000000Gā stille þurh þisne dæg, and emnet eftcymþ on þǣre bīdunge betwēonan stormum.