Cynestōl būtan his rīcende is ān stōl, hēahhrycged and egefull, ac hol æt his heortan. Þā cumbol hangiaþ ofer him, stilne and swīgende, heora þrǣdas swā þicce gewefene swā þā dōmas þe ǣr of þissere ǣmtigan stōwe hrungon. Þǣr stefn bebodes ǣr edlǣcde, wunaþ nū ān ǣw, hīe selfe stilne on dūste edlǣcende. Se cynegyrd hlinaþ wiþ þone earm, cōl, glenglic, hefig on his ǣwīsene. Eall anweald is ungesewen ūt āsliden, and þæt þe wunaþ is se stearca timber endebyrdnesse, gewunan for heora selfum, gebǣr būtan lāre.
Feorr fram þǣm palante, on æfenfeldum, clifaþ þā endemestan heapas sumacberigena tō lēaflēasum bōgum, heora hȳd gewrinclode and deorce æfter þǣm ǣrestan heardan hrīme. Þās berige onlīhton ǣr þone lætan hærfestbēod, ac nū tācniaþ hīe ān þone unāþrōtenan gnīdunge tīde þe in belēcþ. On cēapstōwe hangiaþ flānas heortdēorflǣsces of hōcum, ǣlc dǣl gehealden and gesealtod, þæt flǣsc on ecgum þēostriende. Nān symbel nis gegearwod, nān spell gesægd. Se weg gǣþ forþ for þǣm þe hē ā dyde, nā for þǣm þe ǣnig bīdeþ tō bēonne gefēded. Þæs flǣsces ceorferes flǣscseax fealþ on þone bloc on þǣm ilcan ritme swā ā, swā ealdne āþ healdende þe nān nā leng rǣdeþ.
On feorrum felde færþ wægnheap slāwe under heofone mid storme āblāwenum. Se wind bereþ þone metellīcan smæcc īsenfulles lāmes. On gearum forgānum woldon heretogan heora werod hēr gegaderian, cumbol flēogende, dōmas æt ānum worde gedōne. Nū is se feld stillu būtan hrætle wænhwēola and þǣm geþyldigan trede oxena. Sēo eorþe self, hefig and geþriced, þyncþ gemyndian þrȳst scōna and hōfa, þēah nān þone færeld lǣde. Rēn fealþ on fæstum scēatum, on polum cnylleþ þe þæt land dēope and deorce wemmaþ, unāblinnende swā dōm būtan heortan behindan him.
Innan is se heorþ cōl. On þǣm heorþbēame sitt ǣmtig calic, ǣr gebrocen tō drincenne sigum and eftcymum, his glæs þicce swā hē hwæt strangre þonne wīn healdan mōte. Linclāþas licgaþ gefealdene and ungehrinene, ǣlc hyrne scearp geþriced. Sēo hīredgerīmbōc resteþ open on þǣm bēode, rǣw getealde and gyltas mid carre handa āwritene. Nān ne rǣdeþ hlūde of hire tramum tōniht. Þā candela byrnaþ nyþer, heora smīc ūp wrīþende, tīd mearciende būtan symble.
Gif þū wille niman þæt þe wunaþ and him wærmþe giefan, gā tō cycene and wyl wilde berige on hefigum crocc, heora weligan stenc þone lyft fyllan lǣtende. Hwet þā hīredtōl mid fæstum handum, hīe gearwe healdende gif hīe eft þurfon bēon gebrocen tō mā þonne edlǣce. Gefrætwa þā solan þīnra scōna mid fæstre hȳde, siþþan stæpe ūt æfter rēne tō forlǣtenne þīne mearc on þǣre hnescan eorþan. Wrīt ǣrendgewrit bī blæcernlēohte þǣm þe feorr is, and sege him hwæt þū gemunst þāra daga þonne se setl nā ǣmtig wæs.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Deorc rēad.
Lucky Color: DarkRed — #8B0000On þǣre stilnesse wunaþ se fæstnes, and timber mæg andfeng weorþan gif þū cīesþ.