Ān rōse, æt dagunge of hege āpluccod, rest on handa þæs wōriendes. Hēo nis nā byrne ne byrþen, ān tācn gefangen on ǣrestum orþe þæs færeldes. Se lȳtla hund æt his hēle sniffeþ þæt morgengærs, and trūwaþ openre ecge þǣre worulde swā swīþe swā se geonga fērend dēþ. Behindan him sind þā feldas gȳt mid ytemestre cōlnesse nihte seolfrige. Beforan him bīdeþ se scearda hryre, scearp and stillu, swā behāt nā gȳt gecweden. Sēo woruld is nīwe, and se lyft hielt swæcc hwætes swētes, hwætes nū būtan rǣcunge.
Sēo rōse nis tō wlite. Hēo is se cyn þe cild gaderian mæg ǣr se dæg forþ gā, dēaw clīþig on hire blēdum. Se hund nis ēac nā micel wildeor, ac cūþ, georn, and unbiddende. On þissum ǣrestan stæpe gǣþ se Wegfarend nā mid wærcunge yldo, ac mid openesse þæs þe gȳt ne leornode blisse tō bewerienne. Þæt land is līþe. On þām fealdum betwēonan hēam gærse and ēaōfre yrnaþ wilde wīnbōgas ungehealden, and wæstm sumeres, cōl, smēþe, and swēte, rest betwēonan þām lēafum. Snǣd þisses wæstmes, blāc and swēte, mihte bēon gedōn on þone windel ofer eaxle geslegenne, gemēned morgenmēle būtan fæstre stōwe.
Elles, on þām feorrum dælum, scīmaþ glæshūs under þǣre ǣrestan sunnan. Þær gaderiaþ menn clūstru þissa ilcra sinwealtra wæstma mid handum, and tōdǣlaþ hīe æt langum trēowenum bēodum, heora swæcc gemengend mid wanre eorþswæcce strēawes and mid stillre stilnesse weorces gedōnes ǣr hǣte and hlyd rīsan. Se cēap wæs ā līþe, fēdende þone wæstm on feldum gefōdradum mid wiligum and beorcum, and tēah wæterung of ēawætere clǣnum genōg tō ætīewenne þā stānas under. On þām smalum tūnum þe þæt land besprengaþ openiaþ morgen cȳpinga mid hlyde cista and mid clipunge cȳpmanna. Þā stalla geofiaþ snǣda þisses ilcan wæstmes, be hēapum nīwe gebacenra hlāfa and cȳse on līnene bewundenum, andlīfne fērendum and wyrcendum gelīce.
Þær sind ēac ealde spell. On þām ymeþum þe munecas on beorgmynstrum healdaþ sind mearca be tȳþunge wīnbōga þe þās wæstmas giefaþ, dēore for heora wǣte and for heora mægene þone līchaman tō edniwienne on hātum ungewissum dagum. Fērende þe þā seolcwegas oferfōron dydon hīe on heora sæccas, weal wiþ þurst under fremdum sunnum. Ēac se hīredclāþ, wīpan and sceatas, bær hwīlum þone wācan flēondan swæcc of hrīninge þæs wæstmes, gemynd wyrtūna and sceades and þæs stillan hyhtes nīwes morgens.
Se weder, æt þǣre ecge þær se Wegfarend stent, nis nā storm ne stilnes, ac þæt līþe betwēox þonne mist ūp āhefþ, and ætīewþ þā woruld on smalum tōdālum. Se lyft þyncþ nīwe āþwogen, and þæt lēoht weorpaþ scīman ofer feldas and wæstm gelīce. Hit is tīma þonne anginn þyncaþ mæglice, þonne sēo ānfealde dǣd forþ tō stæppenne genōg is.
Tōdæg meaht þū gān þurh cycene, nīwne wæstm on disc snīþan and hine settan be þīnum morgentēa. Þū meaht þīnne āgenne hund lǣdan, oþþe yldan on wyrtūne mid bǣrum fōtum on þām wǣtan gærse, and lætan ferscnesse þǣre worulde ymb þē sittan. Gif þū þē neah cȳpinge findst, cēos wæstm þe gemynd cōlra felda and ǣrestes morgenrīpes bereþ. Untwīn līnenne clāþ and orþa þone swæcc þe on him clīfaþ, berende mid him behāt hwætes līþes and unbesmitenes.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Huniggrēne.
Lucky Color: HoneyDew — #F0FFF0Ber swētnesse intō nīwum anginnum, for þām se dæg is open and līþe.