Ǣr wæs eald stōl æt hēafde þæs bēodes. His earmas wǣron wīde, gegræfene on gelīcnesse lēona þe on hindfōtum rǣrdon, ac se setl stōd nū ǣmtig under þǣm hēahan ēagþyrle. Dūst gaderode on holum þǣr rīcendes handa reston, and se hrycg gnornode on morgenblǣde. Se micla rūm, stānflōred, īsenhæpsed, healdeþ ān edlǣc fōtlāsta. Ymbutan wunaþ endebyrdnes: landbēc tō wealle genæglede, þā mæstlingwǣga unāstyrede, þæs dæges gerīmbōc open ac unwriten. Ac nāht orþaþ anweald on þā lāf. Þā gewunan wuniaþ, for heora selfum geedlæhte. Hēr is sēo ǣw hol, and þæt hiw is se dōm.
Begeondan þissum weallum rīseþ basaltbeorg. Hē healdeþ his dīegol under wǣge mistes. Gearhundum ǣr ceorfon wegfarende heora naman on þone cōlodan hātflōd, hōpiende þæt hīe gemunde wǣren swā dǣl hwætes wuniendes. Nū is se weg tō þǣm hēafde slicu, mid unārīmedum scōs gewered. Se beorg stent, stillu and unbemurnen, mearc timberes būtan heortan. Hwǣr hwǣr on þǣre sīdan lendeþ crāwe on berum bōge, hire fiþera fæste fealdende. Nān sang ne flīehþ of hire bile. Hēo wacaþ mid glæsenum, ealdum ēagan. Sēo crāwe nis hēr for cyningum, ānlīce for endebyrdnesse morgenes and nihte.
On cēapmiddan āwihþ colcēapmann clūdas beforan lȳtlum werode. Ǣlc dǣl is āsweartod, unscīnende, on hearde hyrnas geþriced. Se cēap is sōþ, ac gewunelīc: met, āgif, swāpa þæt dūst. Nis nān wærmþe on þǣre wrixlunge, ān se cōla getrēowenes weges. Siþþan cyrþ sēamestre hām, ræl gagātclāþes æt ēagþyrle ontȳnende. Hēo snīþeþ hīw tō ǣwīsenum hægle, nēate līnan sīwende. Hire handa sind fæste, hire mōd elles hwǣr. Se hægl hangþ on hræglhūse, gehealden tīdum þe ārwurþnesse regola biddaþ, nā þæs mannes binnan.
Hwǣr hwǣr hweorfeþ þunorrād ofer ēa. Se heofon in belēcþ, þicce and hweorfende, sēo woruld nyþer dēafod and bīdigende. Se endebyrdnes is eald, gaderung, ālīesednes, siþþan smyltnes. Sēo ēa swelleþ, hire brād nāne smǣlnesse speglende, ān þone dimman ymbhwyrft brycge. Fiscere, under þǣm bogan scēadiende, healdeþ his gyrd ac ne wēnþ feng. Hē is þǣr for þǣm þe se tīma riht is, for þǣm þe lang gewuna hine lǣrde þā ābīdunge tō āræfnenne, þēah se lāc nǣfre cume.
Tō mearcienne þisses dæges styrunge mæg mann on þǣm ealdan stōle sittan and ǣrendgewrit wrītan þe nǣfre sended bēon ne sceolde, þæt mōd on ǣwe restan lǣtende. Mann mihte þone weg ūp þone beorg gān, þā naman on stāne gegræfene traciende, and papolstān forlǣtan swā stilla offrung. On æfene, ǣwīsene hægl tō fealdenne and tō feormienne, mihte man gemyndgian tō ārwurþienne hīw, ēac þonne andgit forloren þyncþ. Oþþe gehȳr þone þunor, þā tīda tellende betwux blīce and grine, tīd mid geþylde metende.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Blæc.
Lucky Color: Black — #000000On swīgean bīdeþ nīwe regol, and stilnes wunaþ.