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Tōdæges wyrdblēo, of þǣm tārote ātogen

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Se Wīgwægn, Brūn. Þæt blēo ætīewþ on þǣm spægle on middan.

Brūn

Onwend · #A52A2A

Wægn getogen be twām nīetenum, ælc tēonde on his āgenne weg, stæferaþ æt wega geþēodnesse. Þā hweol grindaþ dēope on eorþan, nā forþ ac on stede, swā þā furh selfe sind geworden þæt færeld. Þæs drīferes handa gripaþ lǣþrene rāpas, gecracode and gelīþegode be gēarum swātes, and þēah þā brīdelas nān bebod ne giefaþ. Þā nīetenu snīcaþ þā lyft and scræfaþ þone lām, unhlystende, hira nosu besprengede mid drȳgum corne and ēadūste. Þæt land under is feld þe tō manige fēt hæfþ gesewen, geflæted, welig, and gecyrned, se ilca grund þe hwīlum hwǣte and wyrttruma wæstmas forþ brōhte, nū getreden and ungewiss.

Elles secgaþ eald spell be þām sulhwer þe forloren wæs on his āgenre fūre, ymbhweorfende his feld under heofone blēos hefiges lāmes. His scōs, geclæmde on gystrandæges hærfeste and þisses morgenes rēne, bǣron hine nāhwer nīwe. Hē hlyste hlōwunge nīetena on bōse, unstilnesse horsa wiþ hira stengum, and feorrum cracele heorþes þǣr eorþæpla wendon on hātum axum. Ymbe hine wǣron tācn fare: eorþtilian hætt hangende be duru, stearc of wintres weorce, cuppe lǣten be trēowenum setle, bestæned be manigum gēarum morgen drinces, hrægl āworpen ofer hege, hefig mid stence wǣtan and rēces.

Se weg self, windende þurh wudu and læswe, biþ gemearcod mid hēapum gecorfenes timbres, rinde ādōnre and drīgende on cōlre lyfte. Wænas gnorniaþ swā hīe faraþ, ælc berende hefignesse hærfestes, saccas bēana, croccas huniges, windlas swamma gegaderodra gehende wyrttrumum ealdra trēowa. Þis is weg styrunge for styrunge āgenre: furh gewordene on lāme, scōs gedrēfde on turfe, spell wrixlende betwēonan wegfarendum restendum on stoccum oþþe dǣlendum hlāfsceard gebrūnode be fȳre. Hīe secgaþ be cēapmannum þe wīde dena oferfōron, hira færeld gemearcod mid stence tilodes feldes and swēge rēnes wiþ eorþan.

Innan hāme is se cicenbēod tōstenced mid lāfum æfenmetes: dǣl hlāfes, rūh and rinden, seax þæs handfæst is deorc geworden be gēarum handa, bolla gecorfen of walhnuttrēowe, gefylled mid endemestum tīde hnytum. On wyrtūne begeondan bīdaþ ræwa wyrttruma under gehēapodre eorþan, geþyldige swā sēo woruld bufan him hwerfþ. Spadu hlinþ wiþ þæt scypen, his ecg ādullod be molde and tīde, gearu tō morgenes delfinge oþþe tōdæges unāreddre āhebbinge turfes. Sēo woruld hwerfþ on ymbhweorftum, sǣd tō hærfeste, ǣrdæg tō æfenne, ācsung tō ācsunge, þā hwīle þe þæs wægnes hweol wendaþ, ac nā forþ.

Gif þū gefrēdst þone dæg on sīdan slīdan, gā ūt and gā oþ þū finde stenc eorþan æfter rēne. Bind ealde scōs, spyrigende þone ilcan pæþ eft, and ongiet hū hīe ælcne stæpe hefigran and gemyndigran dōþ. Bræd feawa wyrttruma wæstma on glēdum, and lǣt hira swētnesse dēopian, and sceawa þone stēam rīsan swā þū hīe openast. Sit on stocce oþþe æt trēowenum bēode, wuniende ofer cuppan stranges drinces. Þis sind wegas tō lǣtenne stilnesse dēopian on stæþignesse, tō findenne rest innan færeldes þe ymbe hit self hwerfþ.

Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Brūn.
Lucky Color: Brown — #A52A2AÞæt feld gemyndgaþ ælcne fōtlāst, and wyrttruman healdaþ fæste ēac þonne wegas ne dōþ.

Onbæc — Se Wīgwægn