Ān līchama rītt under þece hēage āsywodre bufan strangum wīgwægne, þǣr twā nīetenu, hors and stēda, lēo and fearr, getwinnhundas, standaþ wacole æt burggeatum. Þā brīdelas, fæste gehealdene, bringaþ endebyrdnesse hira geornan mægne. Þis is sēo hwīl ǣr sēo burg openaþ, þonne se wægnere, gearo and anrǣd, stent under glīeme þe hōnaþ on þām metalen camb bufan, scēawiende þone ǣrestan clǣnan dæg æfter storme.
On ealdum tīdum bær swelc fært anweald gehamorod of þām ōre þe mynecnīþas of dēopre eorþan tugon. Þæs cræftigan handa, mid sōte swearte, wendon þæt rāwe welan on scildas, cuppan, wæterfatu, ælc dēore cēapmannum, wegfarendum, and þām þe weorþ be hefignesse and clǣnnesse dēmdon. On cēapstrǣtum begeondan burgweallas ēode mynet of þissum ilcan andweorce of handa tō handa, behātende gesund færeld, rihtne cēap, and riht tō farenne forþ. Cnihtes byrne bær þone ilcan glīem, geworht tō wæfersȳnum swā tō gefeohte, behātende ēgþer ge wlite ge gebeorg. Þæs wægnes frætwa tugon ēage forþgāngendes, hōniende þæt wendende weder, rēndropan, morgenmist, and blēo sunnan æfter wolcne.
Þonne spell þā brīdelas nimþ, iernaþ ārendracan godas ofer heofon on scōn and helmum of þissum metale geworhtum, bodigende anginn færelda and hræde fylle weorca. Ēac on stilnesse mynstres sitt se calic geheald tō miclum þēawum hefig on weofode, his brād smēþe and cōl tō hrīnenne, scēawiende candellēoht on wendendum fācum. Sume gelīefaþ þæt þis andwist þone stillan tēon þæs mōnan gehlæste, stæþigende heortan ryne þām þe sceolon be nihte faran, and giefende trēowe swā þæs burge geat open swingþ.
Sēo þece bufan is þēah mā þonne scild. On feorrum landum wierþ hēo þece wōriendes, hire timber mid þrǣdum gesett þe mid smalum wīre sind þurhworht. On cicenum þegniaþ tōl of þām ilcan scīnendan andweorce æt symblum and ēadmōdum bēodum, sponas and forcas, disca and sealtfatu, ealle berende þæt ilce behāt weorþscipes and getrīewþe. Lǣce ēac wurþodon his mægen, scieppende tōl smale genōg tō bētenne wunda and strang genōg tō þoligende hætan and þrycce. Þæs lǣces seax and þæs bisceopes spon gehȳraþ þām ilcan cynne andweorca, ælc berende andgiet willan þe þone geglengedan forþ lǣt.
Hwīlum bringþ þæt weder self lāþung. Se morgen æfter cealdum fronte biþ hrōf and wegas mid scīne geglæsed þe scōs lāþaþ wisslīce tō stæppenne and hweol hræddor tō wealcenne. On norþan āhefþ mist and ætīewþ þǣre ēa brād, scīnende and smylte, mearc betwēonan þām þe bæftan is lǣten and þām þe beforan ligeþ. Þæs burge geat nis swā micel wiþerweardnes swā lāþung. Stæp þurh, heald ryne, and mæte styrunge þāra twēgra nīetena. Sēo þece, se gehlæst, se gearwa: ealle sind yþunga willan, þā andweorc þe lǣtaþ manne styrunge lǣdan and nīwne weg cēosan.
Tōdæg mæg sum mann polian lāccuppan þe ealde færeld ēacnaþ, oþþe lēofne spon brūcan tō hrērenne ǣrmorgenes drenc, gefrēdende þā hefignesse on handa tō gemynde anrǣdnesse. Sete mynet on codde ǣr þū ūt gā, oþþe spyriga finger be rande lȳtles scēawerglases, and lǣt hit þæt lēoht hōn swā se dæg onginnþ. Þæs wægnes styrenes nis nā ryne, ac gaderung willan, stæþig getwinn gang tō þām þe bīdeþ begeondan burggeate.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Seolfor.
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