Sēo þece bufan þām wīgwægne hwisprþ gebeorges and bebodes, āsywod gewitnes þæs weges þe styrenes nimþ. Under hire sind twā nīetenu gearwe, nāþer gelīc ne wilde, ac gefēran gegaderode be lengþe getwinna brīdela. Hīe bīdaþ beforan ealdum burggeate, stānene weardas gecorfene mid mearcum þūsenda farena and cymena. Se drīfere stent, nā sitt, līchama āstrenged tō þæs wægnes niþeran gelændre, hrægl gegaderod wiþ morgenwinde, swā hē nū āna slǣpes dūst āwearp and nū gearwaþ hine tō þringenne begeondan þā mearce.
On ealdum spellum biþ se wægnere geefenlæht sciphlāforde on sǣ, and þā nīetenu þām getwinnum stefnum cynebate þe glītt be Temese on cynehelme tīde. Sēo þece, ymbēowed mid hūses cambe, strang swā færeldes teld, gemyndgaþ setla Lundenes þecedra cēapstōwa, þǣr fiscēapas and bōcbinderas under clāþhrōfum cumaþ, and ælcne morgen āwæcþ sēo burg tō hleme wænhweola on stāne. Þæt geat mæg bēon ealdre hēafodburge, þǣr ārendracan hwīlum cōmon mid scriftum on weaxe belocenum, and þā nīetenu magon bēon þā getrīewan cyn þe tō swelcum byrþenum wǣron āfēdde, hors mid feaxum swā wildum ēam norþan, oxan stæþige swā þā handa þe bēag tō brūwe gefæstniaþ.
Forþgang gaderaþ swā se brīdel biþ getwinnod, se drīfere fæstende his gripe. Se wægn ne wricþ, for þȳ þe his pæþ is lād. Þā hweol folgiaþ þā furh þe þā ǣrran lǣfdon. Þā brīdelas selfe magon bēon gecorfene of ealdum seglclāþe, þæs cynnes geblēodes tō flotan hræglum, heardes genōg tō brycgienne ēa oþþe tō healdanne segl wiþ storme. Se clāþ bebodes and færeldes, hwīlum geworht ān þām þe riht hæfdon tō berenne flotan blēo, hangþ nū of sculdrum wegfarendra, hira syrcas gefæstnode mid glīemendum mæstlinghōcum, hira scōs bestænde mid sealte feorra hyþa.
Þonne þæt geat openaþ, is sēo lyft clǣn æfter rēne, þæt cyn wederes þe færlic cymþ on norþrīcum, þonne scūr clǣnsaþ burge hrōf and lǣfþ pōlas scēawiende stīpelas and cumbol. On feorrnesse drillaþ werod on palentige, hira tācn hōniende þæt læte sunnan lēoht, ælc styrenes gemet, steor gefæstnod tō yrfe lāþeowa and siga. Se wægn færþ, þurh þæt geat gāngende, nā mid efestunge ac mid andgiete. Þæs drīferes ēagan sind fæste on þæs weges gewitendlīcum ende, þā nīetenu on stæpe, ælc mægen getemprod tō þām tēone. Þǣr nis nān twēo, ac steor þe willan wiþ dǣde geþēodeþ, swā hīredes hlǣfdige hire nǣdl wiþ clāþ geþēodeþ tō bētenne lēofre syrce tō hire cildes ǣrestan ofergange þæs þerscoldes.
Tōdæg mæg man wahrift tēon and þone heofon æfter storme sceawian, oþþe gān þone weg leodgeltes þǣr sēo lyft scearp is and cumbol swegiaþ be trēowum. Wrīt ǣrendgewrit mid blæce on hefigum brede, and belūc hit mid weaxe ǣr þū hit on þā woruld sendest. Polia mæstlinghōcas ealdra scōna, oþþe bēt syrc æt cicenbēode, gemunende ælc færeld þe onginnþ mid handa on brīdelum.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Cynehæwen.
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