Stapol stent on middan þæs cleofan, of rūhum beorgstāne geworht, wīd genōh offrungbolle. Fȳrlēoht flīceþ of þæcele ufan gefæstnodre, wendende sceadwa ofer þone weall āweorpende. Racenteaga licgaþ behwyrfede æt þǣm grundwealle, ǣr þicce ac nū lēase gefeallene, swā bīdigende hwæþer man forþ stæppe oþþe on hinder gā. Ufan byrnþ þǣre þæcelan līg mid fæstum hungre, laþiende gymene, behātende ǣgþer onlīhtinge and frēcennes. Se stapol dȳreþ ǣnigne his wilnunge on middan tō settanne, tō smēagenne, tō gesēonne sweotole.
On ealdum spellum is sēo þæcele tācn bebodes þe ǣgþer forswealan and þone weg onlīhtan mæg. Promēþeus, gewitnod for þǣm þe hē līg giefan dyde, wæs tō stāne gebunden, geracenteagod for þǣm þe hē þā mearce ofergōd þe þā godas setton. Ac se līg þe hē brōhte wende þā woruld, scræfu tō hāmum wendende and līf þæs cræftmannes smiþþan giefende. Se stapol under þǣre þæcelan wierþ þæs cræftmannes bēod, stōw wendunge. Sēo wilnung, swā fȳr, mæg tō gesceape oþþe tō forspille bēon gebrocen. Hēo is sēo hand þe lām scieppþ, sēo gesihþ þe þæs webban scytel þurh þone webstōl lǣdeþ.
Rīce is on ēaste þæs mægen nā ānlīce on sweordum and on scipum wæs gemeten, ac on þǣm seldnan bleoh þe of mūrexscelle biþ getogen. Þæt bleoh, cāserum and sacerdum and þǣm hēahstan witum gehealden, fōr on ealdum sǣwegum, on belocenum āmforum boren, mid bebode and mid ege bewacod. Hrægel mid þissum bleoh geblēode wǣron tācn anwealdes and ofergyldes, ofer eaxla þāra āhōfene þe ofer gemǣnne dōm stōdon. Se cēap wæs dīegol, se fruma grimme geheald, se weorc unmǣte, þūsend scella ānre hrægle. Ac on stillum mynstrum plantodon munecas hwīlum fīolan on heora wyrtūnum, and lēton hīe nēah grundwealle þāra wealla weaxan, heora smǣlan blōstmas stillu edlǣc þæs wuldres þe man on cyneheallum fand.
Se nama færþ ēac, on spelle Engliscere hyþceastre þe for hire gewefenum clāþe mǣre wæs, cēap þe scēapa wull tō dēorum clāþe wende, boren þurh rēn and wind tō feorrum cēapstōwum. Þæs wulldēagwyrhtena gildscipe mængde heora fatu, hīe ofer þæcelum hātende swā swā sēo on þæs cleofan wealle, stēam rīsende þā hwīle þe þā cræftmenn bidedon þā tīd þonne se clāþ gewend wæs and māre ne mihte niman. Þās wyrcstōwa stuncon wætre flīese and ecede, ac þā wæstmas, fæste scīmende clāþas, ēodon on hægum cēapmannum, on wēofodwāgum ciricum, and on fnædum dōmhrægla. Se ilca andfeng þe cyningas ūp āhōf scēaphierdas ēac wiþ þæs mōres rūwan winde scēadode.
Sēo wilnung is ēac tōl, rāp þe bint oþþe racenteag þe man līesan and āweorpan mæg. Hēo mæg bēon boren swā cynehrægl, oþþe swā hāls þæt man on twȳnunge gehrīne. Þonne þā racenteaga lēase sind, wunaþ se cyre mid þǣm þe on þǣm stapole stent.
Tōdæg mæg mann candel þǣr hē wyrcþ onǣlan and þone līg sceawian, smeagende hwæt hē mǣst wilnaþ and hwæt hit costaþ. Hē mæg drȳge fīolan on hātum wætere wēpan and þone līþan drenc sūpan, gemyndig hire færeldes of wēstene tō cuppan. Hē mæg hine mid hefigum wullhæge bewreon, hefe and wærmþe gewunan gefrēdende. Oþþe hē mæg hwæt hē wilnaþ āwrītan and hit under stāne settan, þā wilnunga stilne hwīle restan lǣtende.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Basu.
Lucky Color: Purple — #800080Lǣt þā þæcele byrnan, and sceawa hū þā racenteaga slāciaþ.