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Tōdæges wyrdblēo, of þǣm tārote ātogen

Tēoh āne cartan / Se Wegfarend

Se Wegfarend, Stāngræg. Þæt blēo ætīewþ on þǣm spægle on middan.

Stāngræg

Onwend · #708090

On þǣre carte plegaþ se Wegfarend æt ecge þǣre worulde, ān fōt ūp āhafen, sæcc ofer eaxle geslegen, ēagan ūp āhafene tō heofone and nā tō þām stānbestōwenan wege. Hē stæpþ swā se grund ūp rīse him tō mētenne, ac on þissum onwende þyncþ se lyft hefigra, sēo ecge ungewissra. Þis is se tīma ǣr þām hlēape, þonne wolcnu gaderiaþ and þæt lēoht emnaþ ofer þæt land, and dimmeþ þone heofonrīm tō hwæte ǣgþer unmǣte and ungewisse.

Þær sind stōwa þær þæt land self þisne twēon bereþ. On þām stāngrafum þær stānhēaweras wyrcaþ is se lyft cōl and mid dūste besprenged, and þā wagas hlēoþriaþ, stille and unrǣdlice. Ān misdēmed swing beateres mæg stānsplent hwearfian sendan oþþe brǣd stānes niþer bringan. Hēr biþ ǣlc stæpe āwegen, ac sēo costung wunaþ hyrnas tō snīþenne, tō trūwienne on gelimpe þonne geþyld þearf biþ. Hwīlum biþ se gingsta leornere gesended þone hwetstān tō feccenne, and his fōtlāstas edlæcaþ on þām ciele, wundriende hwæþer se grund under him fæst sīe.

Feor of þǣre sēaþe secgaþ hrōfas þāra ealdra tūna heora āgen spell. On stormigum æfternum, þonne se lyft neah þrycþ and se wind betwēonan scēatpottum swingeþ, ālīesaþ sclatas and þrēatiaþ tō feallenne. Hrōfwyrcendas cnēowiaþ and healdaþ heora wǣg, handa fæste on þām cealdan tigole, and cunnian ǣlcne tō cinum. Ān misstæpe sent brocu niþer scytan, dynigende on þām stānbricum niþer. Þā þe heora ēagan ūp healdaþ, blīndlīce trūwiende, bēoþ unēaþe forgiefene fram þǣre sclate.

On ealdum spellum is se beorgpaþ, þær fērende under heofone hefigum mid wolcne faraþ. Se weg wint ofer scrēote and emnum stāne, ǣlc hwearf ungewiss. Hierdas cunnon wacian færlicra hryra. Ēac se sīþfæsta gāt mæg slīdan þonne se rēn inn sīgeþ. On þissum hēaum stōwum sind spell gesæd be wōriendum forlorenum on færlicum miste, stæppendum of stāne on stān, hyhtendum þæt ǣlc healde.

Æt heorþe and hāme, se brerd þær hlāf biþ gesniden, oþþe se stān þe hǣte þæs fȳres wiþ þone bēod hielt, sind of þām ilcan stāne gesnidene. Cneorissa habbaþ þās tōl gebrocen, trūwiende on heora wǣge and heora cōlan hrīninge, ac hwīlum lǣt slāc hand þæt seax slīdan oþþe set hātne hwer þær hē ne sceolde. Sēo lār gǣþ þurh eall: se hlēap būtan þǣre sceawunge, sēo lēohtnes þe þone grund forgiet.

Tōdæg bitt se onwenda Wegfarend grundfæstnesse on þissum þingum. Gā under oferwolcnum heofonum and hlyst þām spellum þe se wind wiþ þā hrōfas sægþ. Sete þīne hand on cōlum stāne, on stæpe, on wāge, on cycenbrerde, and gīm his fæstnesse. Nim tīd tō gebētenne þæt þe slac oþþe gecinned æt hām is, sīe hit slac tigol, geborsten disc, oþþe forgieten tōl. Þonne þū ūt setst, yld æt þǣre duru, and lōca hwær þīn niehsta stæpe landeþ.

Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Stāngræg.
Lucky Color: SlateGray — #708090Lār þisses dæges rideþ on ecge þæs cūþan, and hēo bitt geþyld ǣr þām hlēape.

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