Ofer þæt burggeat streceþ þece, þiht and þēawlic, scildende þone wægnere wiþ middæges sunnan. Under hire standaþ twā nīetenu gegeocod, hira mægenu þiht, gearu tō tēonne þone wægn forþ. Þæt færeld ne onginnþ on wōhnesse. Hit onginnþ mid gelǣredum gripe þāra brīdela, geþēodende mægen ǣlces nīetenes on ānne geānnodne þrycc. Begeondan þām bogan giefþ sēo woruld behāt forþganges, ac hit is steor, se cræft tō healdanne ungelīce willan tōgædere, þe þā hweol styreþ.
Þēos gesihþ ēacnaþ gemynd hyþa and langra gecorfenra hūla gūþscipa glīdendra betwēonan stānenum stæþum. Swā þæs wægneres þece hine scildeþ, swā scildeþ se seglclāþ āstrecced ofer sciphlāfordes rēced wiþ sealtȳþe and þā ungewisslican hweaþas þe of openum wætere inn feallaþ. Þās scipu, getimbrod tō ofercume and tō fundunge, beraþ steor hira weroda on ǣlcre līnan. Hira timber wēox hwīlum on dēopum wudum, gecorfen and gesceapen be handum þe ongeaton hū man wildnes gehlæste and hīe tō willan gelǣdde. Æt hira stefnum lōciaþ gecorfene stefnbiliþu, nīetenu mid fiþerum oþþe andwlitan ealdra goda, hira ēagan fæste on þām heofonriman, drīfende þæt scip forþ.
Bufan þām brede is þæs ealdormannes syrc āfæstnod tō þrotan, ælc mæstlingdisc gepolierod tō hōnne morgen sunnan. Se clāþ is hefig and bereþ stenc wulle and sealtnes. Hē nis ān wlite, ac byrne wiþ winde, wiþ swīþe rēnes, wiþ langum mōnaþum fram hāme. Þis is hrægl āsywod mid willan, ælc sēam mearciende þone weg betwēonan anrǣdnesse and ūtweardre stilnesse. On þǣre burge, sōna begeondan þām geate, hangaþ swelce syrcas on cystum, bīdende dæg þonne anrǣdnes sceal openlīce bēon geboren, þonne man ūt stæppan sceal berende gemynd geglendedes bebodes.
Spell wunaþ on þissum styrenessum. On spellum þe man be heorþe sægþ, hām cymþ cēapmann of sǣ, handa geþyccede, coddas fulle wyrtcræfta and nīwra. Hē hæfþ mā oferfaren þonne wæter. Hē hæfþ gebryged þone feorrnes betwēonan burge friþe and þǣre wildnesse begeondan hire ecge. Se geatweard hlysteþ, his āgen hrægl scearp, se tācn æt his brēoste lȳtel anlīcnes þæs stēorrāpes. Ælc wegfarend þe inn gǣþ oþþe ūt færþ deþ swā under þām bogan, þǣr burge gebeorg geendaþ and þæt uncūþe onginnþ.
Þǣr sind dagas þonne þæt weder ne giefþ, þonne stormas coiliaþ bufan þām hyþe, cyrnende wæter and heofon on āne unbrocene brād. On þām tīdum nis steor cēosung ac nēodþearf. Rāpas sceolon bēon gebundene, segl genumene, ælc hand on hire stede. Þæs sciphlāfordes bōc āwrīt ǣlce tīd, gewitnes anbīdunge. Þonne þā wolcnu æt nīehstan brecaþ, ætīewþ burge ymbhwyrft þurh mist, behāt geheald, færeld gefylled.
Æt hām ēacnaþ se hīred lāra hyþes and wægnes. Lengþu twīges is tīdlīce behwyrft, ā æt handa tō weorcum þe stæþige handa þurfon. Cetel, gehniten of gēarum brūces, sitt bufan ofne, his hwistung scearp and gewiss. Hēr is endebyrdnes, nā stīþnes, andgiet þæt forþgang, sīe hē þurh burgstrǣta oþþe ofer unstille wæter, þearf geþēodnesse, geþyldes, and gearonesse.
Tōdæg mæg mann cēosan tō gānne under þece þonne rēn þrēaþ, gemunende gebeorg þǣre þece. Hīe magon lēofre syrce āfæstnian swā hīe færeld gearwien, oþþe metalen fæstenu polian, and lǣtan hīe mid willan glīeman. Hīe magon cuppan tē on bēod settan and bīdan, stæþigende hira mōd ǣr hīe þerscold oferfaran.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Flotahæwen.
Lucky Color: Navy — #000080Se āmearcoda weg is stæþig, and ælc færeld onginnþ mid þām ǣrestan getwinnodan stæpe.