On ealdum stānwegum, þǣr þæs wægnes hweol grindaþ and bifiaþ, tōbirst forþgang on hund tōsyndrede nīeda. Þā nīetenu æt þām geoce lungiaþ ātogen, tēonde tō wiþerweardum endum, and þēah wunaþ þæt færeld ān for þȳ þe styrenes self is geworden nīed. On landum þǣr lām biþ of grunde getogen, gesceapen be manigum handum, and āheardod on orþunge ofnes, cōliaþ þā tigelas under axum gehlæstedum wolcnum. Þās tigelas gemyndgiaþ behāt gebeorges, ac on lēasum hēapum gesette oþþe healf bebyrgde on felde lǣfde, bēoþ hīe onlīce willum drīferes þæs brīdelas āsliden. Se wægn hlynþ, hweol gnornigende wiþ unemne pæþ, stānas of feorrum ēastrēamum befæste on līme þe gemyndgaþ flōd and drȳgnesse.
On þǣre burge standaþ ræwa getimbra mid feowerscēatum sculdrum, hira andwlitan gegaderode of þissum fȳrbacenum clūdum. Under hefigre lyfte sumeræfenes wunaþ stenc dūstes and gemynd rēces be þām lānum. Þā tigelas, gewundode be gēarum rēnes and middæges hætan, ætīewaþ gang tīde mid ǣlcum gecnottodum ecge and gebrysedum hyrne. Þā weallas þe hīe scieppaþ belūcaþ cicenas þǣr se ofn is of þām ilcan andweorce getimbrod, þicce genōg tō healdanne warmþe mēles lange æfter fȳre swelt. Hlāfas rīsaþ innan, rinde craceliende swā hēo þā brād mēt, and hwīlum biþ sēo duru tō hraþe geopenod on ungeþylde, melu bestōwen ofer rūhne heorþ.
Þǣr wæs yld þonne cēap þissa tigelena wæs self færeld: hūlcas gehlædene on wæterlāde, slāwe wealcende wænas snyþriende ofer cēapwegas, gewinn stabelunge and sylene, hand tō handa. Ælc tigel bereþ mearc his scieppendes, þūman mæl gedrēfed on sīdan, smælne tōbrec of hrædre cōlunge. Spell gāþ on reststōwum be þām wegum. Wegfarend bricþ of wege, gāngende on sceadwe healfweges hūses strangum and niþerum getimbrodes. Þǣr hrērþ se cōc crocc sealtnes, se blēo dēopigende swā hit wylþ wiþ þone weall þe hætan healdeþ. Se swæcc is wyrttrumod, eorþlic and andweard, swæcc gesceapen be þām ilcan handum þe þæt gebeorg timbrodon.
Elles, on wyrtūnum gedrēfdum wiþ bæc þissa getimbra, mearciaþ tigelas þā āhafenan bedd þǣr berrēade wæstmas gaderiaþ niþere and hefige. Se grund is wearm, and se ǣresta storm tīde hæfþ þā eorþan slīce betwēonan rǣwum lǣfed. Sēo lyft hangþ þicce, swā se þunor mæge eft cuman, and hweolbære hieldeþ, āgēotende his hlæst wiþ þone pæþ. On feorrum hyrne rest eald trowele forgieten, his ecg gemearcod be gēarum screapunge līmes and ūpārǣsunges weoda, se handfæst smēþe swā bān of gripe handa þe nǣfre styrunge ne geswicon. Se rēn cymþ eft, and se pæþ wendeþ be yncum, ac þā tigelas wuniaþ, stille gewitnes ymbhweorfta gewinnes and bīdunge.
Tōdæg mæg mann cnēowlian on cōlum tigelum æt ǣrdæge, gefrēdende wuniende gemynd nihtes rēnes under handbrādum. Hīe magon hlāf bacan on lāmofne, hlystende cracel rinde and heorþes. Hīe magon sealt slāwe hrēran on ofne mid tigelum befæstum, sceawiende hū his brād dēopaþ, oþþe trowele āhebban tō gīemenne wyrtūn þǣr sēo mearc healdeþ hīw gystrandæges wæstmes.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Fȳrrēad.
Lucky Color: FireBrick — #B22222Of stæþigum grunde, þe geþyldige handa worhton, finde þīn færeld his sōþne weg.