Twā ungetemedu nīetenu, gegeocod tō ungewissum wægne, tēoþ on wiþerwearde wegas. Se drīfere healdeþ þā brīdelas, ac þā hweol grindaþ, nā forþ, nā bæc, ac ān hwirflende on stede. Se weg under is gelagod mid ealdum stānum, gesceapenum and gelegdum be handum lange gewitenum, rūh tō fōtum, gehollod be gēarum rēnes and wænhweola. Þis nis nā se scīnenda plegstede, ac lāne bæftan fæstnesse, þǣr nāht nis gemēted oþþe gepolierod, and þæt weorc is ān tō tēonne and tō styrienne, for intingan styrunge.
Þǣr is hrōf of stānsceorfum bufan þæs drīferes hēafde. Ælc sceorf is hefig on handa, gecorfen of beddum stānes getogenes of eorþan on cealdum ūplandis stāngrofum, gestabelod and gefæstnod mid carfulum gewinne. Storm æfter storme, slēd and bītende wind, þolaþ þæt hrōf. Lange æfter cumbolum rotiaþ on þām hēafodgāfelum wuniaþ þās tigelas, stæþige and unwlitege. Wæter gaderaþ on hira brād, and þonne yrnþ of, findende þæs guteres gebrocenan īsenpīpan. Se swēg is stæþig, slāw emne drēam, hlūdra on hærfestes windum. Þæt hūs under is wearm ac dimm, þā rūm gehende and nytt, se flōr geswopen ac nǣfre gescīned.
On dene begeondan þām tūne drīfþ morgenmist of ēa, þicce and geþyldig. Þā scēap sind ūt, hira fell besmiten, þæt gærs geflæted be dēawe. Tūnweorcmenn gāþ þone stǣnenan pæþ, scōs slīce mid lāme. Hīe beraþ scēafas tōclofenes stānsceorfes tō bētenne weall þe under his āgenre hefignesse geaf, dǣl æfter dǣle tōgædere gefæstnod, nā for fægernesse, ān for strengþe. Se stāngrof is nū still, ac þā sceard wuniaþ, gebrocene clūdas, scearpecgede, on hēapum gestabelode, bīdende tō brūce oþþe tō wedrunge niþer tō nāhte.
On weorcbēode be ēagþȳrele stent stānen blæcfæt. Þǣr be sitt gerǣdel mid hrægle rūhlīce geblēodre wulle, hrycg gecracod and hyrna tōslitene. Sēo feþer is īsen, se blæc slāw rīþe, ælc līne gewrit smalra cēapa, meolc gecēapod, tōl gebēted, wægn gehȳred tō þām nīehstan ungewissum færeldes. Þæs gerǣdles leaf sind besmited, nā of lēasnesse, ac of gelōmre handlunge, geþūmde ofer ælcne cēapdæg.
Ūte setlaþ wolcnu niþere and anrǣde. Rēn hæfþ feallen siþþan ǣrdæge, stæþig wahrift, macigende pōlas on tūne, scēotende niþer cyrcan stānsceorfstīpel, sprængende þā ēagþȳrelu mid cealdre wǣte. Cild drīfaþ handbrāda tō glæse, spyrigende wegas on þām dēawe, metende geþōhte mearca stōwa þe hīe mihton faran gif þā strǣta æfre ādrūgodon. Se wind bereþ ciele hēahre mōrlande, stenc līcenes and stāndūstes.
Tō stæppenne on þisne dæg, mæg man cetel on ofn settan and onginnan ealdne stānsceorf on wyrtūngereorde tō bētenne, oþþe wæter of duruþerscolde swēpan mid stearcbyrstum besman. Ǣrendgewrit mæg bēon āwriten on carfulre stæfe, geendod and belocen, and siþþan geboren tō þām ǣrendcyste þurh þone scūr. Þǣr is still anrǣdnes on bētunge þæs þe þolaþ, on ūt gange ēac þonne se weg is ungewiss, and on gīemenne smalra weorca būtan hlēoþre.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Stāngræg.
Lucky Color: SlateGray — #708090Læt þone dæg bēon gemearcod mid anbīdunge and mid hrīninge stānes.