Twā handa, stæþige gehealdene, hieldaþ oft fæt betwēonan him. On gewunelīcum ryne gǣþ wæter of ānum calice on ōþerne, still and geheald, ac tōdæg misseþ se strēam his mearce. Se wǣta spilþ ofer þone rand, deorciende þā eorþan, and lǣfþ smita on þām cicentigele þǣr se heorþfȳr hwīlum barn. Hēr swicaþ emnet. Sēo carfulle gemengcræft biþ tōbrocen mid ungeþyldigre styrunge oþþe mid bifunge on þām handbēage, and þæt þe sceolde bēon līþe gemengung wierþ instæpe oferflōw.
Geara ǣr scōpon stānwyrhtan lām of ēaofere and stabelodon þā clūdas tō scieppenne ofnas and weallas. Ælc dǣl āþolode līg oþ þæt hē heard genōg wæs tō standenne wiþ winde and rēne. Þās clūdas, getimbrode tō berenne hætan, gefrætwodon þā gemǣnan stōwa and þā gangas betwēonan hāmun. Þurh gēara swelce weallas sūcon spell, hlāf rīsend on bæceres ofne, smiþþes glēd wild blāwende, hleahtor sumerniht wuniende lange æfter þām fȳrum ādrungon. Hīe beraþ gemynd þonne þæs tūnes emnet hangode on geþēodnesse manigra handa and on stæþigum ryne weorces and reste.
Ānne morgen biþ se ofn tō hraþe geopenod. Sēo lyft innan is gȳt cwicu mid hætan, and þā tigelan innan tōberstaþ of unemre cōlunge. Ōþerne dæg wealceþ storm ofer þā felda and sent rēn ofer þæt hrōf casciende, sprængende þā heardan strǣt beforan þǣre smiþþan. On þissum hwīlum sind mearca mennisces gewealdes clǣne. Sēo woruld hieldeþ ēaþe of endebyrdnesse tō unendebyrdnesse. Se pæþ of rāwre eorþan tō weallum hāmes oþþe tō ecge wyrtūnes mæg bēon smēþe, oþþe hē mæg bēon tōstenced, æfter þǣre wīsan þe þā andwistu bēoþ gegaderod.
On sumum cēapstōwum nimþ bæcere hlāf of þām ealdan ofne. Sēo rinde is þicce and rūh, besprenged of dæmlicre hrīninge wiþ þone stān. Hē biþ tōbrocen, and stēam rīseþ on cealdre lyfte, berende stenc mēla þe winteres heortan fyllaþ. On warmþe cicenes wylþ crocc on bæcglēde, carfullīce wacod þæt hē ne oferwealle and ofer þā tigelan ne spilde. Ēac on stillum stōwum is unemnet færlic: āfeallen cuppe tōbersteþ on þām tigelflōre, gemynd ealra handa þe hwīlum þone lām scōpon and bærndon.
Þǣr is þēaw on swēpenne þone heorþ clǣnne æt æfenne, on stabelienne speld gehende þām ofne, on lǣtenne wǣtne clāþ ofer hearde brāde þe of brūce is forbærned. Mann mæg bīdan ǣr hē þā ofnduru openaþ, hlystende swēg cōlunge, oþþe lȳtle leng bīdan ǣr hē þone hlāf of his panne wende. Tō settanne līne tigelena on þām wyrtūne tō mearcienne pæþ, oþþe tō bētenne gebrocenne mid nīwum līme, mæg dǣl emnetes eft bringan. Læt tīd þæt wæter setle æfter gote, and gīem þā mearca þe hē lǣfþ.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Fȳrrēad.
Lucky Color: FireBrick — #B22222Læt warmþe bēon stæþige, and mearca strange.