Cynestōl of gedolfenum stāne geworht stent on hēahre healle, his ecga gecnotte, his ansīen mid slāwum gemynde rēnes gepytt. Behindan þissum setle rīseþ þæt land on clifum and hrycgum, þǣr wind and tīd bān beorga tō dūste grundon. Sēo woruld nis hēr wōriende. Þǣr sind līnan, mearce, and gewissnes landes tōdāles. Þæs Cāseres stōw is fæste tō sittanne, tō healdenne þā ecge þǣr wildnes endaþ and handweorc onginþ.
On ealdum spellum wǣron þǣre ceastre weallas getimbrode of stāne on hrycgum oxena borenum, ǣlc bloc cantic and mid tōlum gesceapen þe spearciaþ þonne hīe geslegene bēoþ. Þā stānwyrhtan bǣron bærmclāþas þicce gewefenes līnes, of dūste heora weorces gesmītene, and heora hearmas hrungon on morgenlyfte. Wegas wǣron ālēde wiþ ealdum ēabeddum, ǣlc stæpe mid mēteres gyrdum gelǣded and mid papolstānum of feorrum beorgum gegaderodum gemearcod. Þæs Cāseres endebyrdnes ne wæs hrīem, ac se fæsta lār regola, ǣlc stān mōt gefēgan, ǣlc geat mōt belūcan, ǣlc dōm swā emne ālēd swā stānwyrhtan līne.
On norþe cyrdon fisceras tō heofone ǣr þonne hīe net wurpon, nā þǣre sunnan glīse rǣdende ac þā wǣge ufan, þicce mid behāte rēnes. Hīe wiston stenc tōweardra storma, þæt swīge þe sprǣd þā hwīle þe wolcn nyþer þrungon, and þone smēþan hrætle flānhrofa þā hwīle þe se wind ūp ārās. Scēaphierdas ēac sceawodon ūpgang mistes ofer lǣswe, hū hē þā heorde wrāh and þǣre worulde scearpnesse līþode. On dagum þonne se lyft þicce and cōl wearþ, ymbēodon þǣre ceastre weardas þā weallswēoras on wullhæglum bewrogene, se clāþ þicce and unwlanc, wærmende būtan lōc tō tēonne.
On cycenum heold stān mortera and pilestra gemynd brūces, þā smēþnesse mid sǣdum and sealte ofer cneorissa gegrundene. Ofnas wǣron of þǣm ilcan andfenge getimbrode swā weallas, heora wambas mid axan gefrætwode and heora mūþas mid hlāfe gerimde þe on ǣrdægrēd rīseþ. Hēr wæs endebyrdnes wærmþe and dæghwāmlic fōda. Sponas of tīne gehāwene bidedon wiþ stēmendum bollum berebriwes. Hūsþēow āþwōgon þæs hīredes hrægl on ēastānum, hīe on lyfte hefigum mid stence rēnes drūgian lǣtende, witende þæt se weorc nǣfre gefylled wæs ac ā eft ongunnen.
Þæs Cāseres strengþu nis on sweorde oþþe on bebode, ac on ǣwe and endebyrdnesse, on wīsdōme of handa tō handa ālǣfedum. Beorgwegas mearciaþ ecge ānes landes and anginn ōþres. Mearce bēoþ āmetene on gerīmbōce, on stānwealle getimbrodum tō mearcienne þone endemestan feld, on hringe stānstrǣta ymbe wæterþyttes hēafod. Ēac se heofon bīhþ tō þissere endebyrdnesse, his bewolcne mōd stillran lēoht weorce and wæccenne bēodende.
Tōdæg gā ūt and gefrēd fæstnesse þæs grundes under þīnum fōtum, þā līnan traciende þe þīnne wyrtūn oþþe weg mearciaþ. Find smēþne papolstān and heald hine on þīnum pūsan swā fæstniendne hefe. Cnæd hlāf oþþe grind wyrta on stānbolle, dǣl nimende on weorce þe wunaþ. Bewrēoh þē on ānfealdre frōfre wullscēates, and gehȳr swīge worulde ǣr rēne.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Græg.
Lucky Color: Gray — #808080Þis sind þā stānas under þīnum wege, and þā wolcn þe endebyrdnesse heofones healdaþ.