Se Hangenda is se āhafena wer, biliþ slāwod feorr ofer stilnesse, þǣr styrenes is geþōht, nā dǣd. On rihtre sīdan biddeþ sēo carte forlǣtennesse. Ac þonne hēo is ymbcerred, þonne fēhþ hēo þā hwīle æfter, þonne sēo tīd self hæfþ ānbīden, and þæt mōd ne mæg underfōn þā anbīdunge. Þæt þe fylgþ nis rest, ac āstyrennes, willa tō gānne, tō eftonginnenne, tō scūfanne wiþ þā ilcan cnottan þe bindaþ þā anclēow.
Sēo woruld þe anbīdeþ æt ende swilcre wiþstandennesse nis lēoht hēanes ne beorhtu mǣd. Hēo is se grund, swīgende æfter rīpe, þicce mid ǣrran gēares stelum and gemynde regnes. Se erend gǣþ þā feldas æfter þǣre sulh, hēahscōs hefige mid eorþan, and þǣre tīde weorc āhafen nā for gefyllednesse, ac for þām þe sēo woruld self hæfþ gecweden rest. And þēah sceawiaþ ēagan þā furh, and handa bifiaþ for þǣre missendran scofle, and wiþsacaþ stilnesse swā hēo sīe tēona.
Stǣr is gewriten on þissum furhum. Ealde wegas yrnende þurh þæt land, þryccede efne fram unrimum wǣnhweolum, þyncaþ ā gān hwider, ēac þonne hīe endiaþ æt belocenum geate oþþe gewridenum hege. Þǣr is se willa tō farenne forþ, tō berenne byrþenna, saccas caffebeana, cyste hnuta, bundena tabaclēafa, lange æfter þām þe se fær is for þone dæg geendod gecweden. Æt wegagelǣte sind þā tācngewritu gewederod wudu, corfen fram handum þe ne mihton ābīdan īdele tō standenne, ǣlc wīsende tō ōþerre byrig, ōþrum weorce. Ēac þæs cumenhūses bēod, geglisnod fram cneorissum restendra elboga, hielt þā mēlan ealdes āgotenes drences, mearc þe nǣfre fullīce gewīt and nǣfre fullīce mǣnþ þæt ilce twēowa.
On ealdum spellum is sēo sagu þæs stīþan oxan, wiþsācende tō wendanne fram þām geoce ēac þonne sēo erung is gedōn, standende hippan dēope on strēawe, anbīdende bebodes þe ne cymþ. Þǣr is sēo sagu þæs mylnweardes leorneres, bedūstod hēafod tō fōte on scellum, rīsende ǣr ǣrdæge tō begymenne þā grindstānas, unmagende tō slǣpenne for ege þæt se morgen cume ǣr þæt corn sīe gearu. On spellum nis sēo unbīegendlīce hwīl ā sige. Hēo is hwīlum wiþsæcung tō bēonne gehworfen, tō getrīewenne þā īdelan tīd, tō sēonne andgiet on þǣre anbīdunge.
Tō gānne þurh þis landscip þrycceþ man handflore tō þām bēodbrerde and felþ þæt grān, oþþe græfþ bære fingras on þā gecōledan molde wyrtbeddes. Cycencēast openaþ and ætīewþ þone trēowcucler, geweredne langne fram þūsendum briwa, oþþe þone hlāfstæf þe ǣr scōp dāg tō rūhum hringum for middæges mete. On hyrne stent se besma, þrǣdas ādīglode fram brūce, ǣlc swāpa ofer þone flor lȳtel þurhwunung endebyrdnesse. On feorre byrig hwierfþ þæt weder, and se wind bringþ stenc gefeallenra lēafa and behāt regnwǣtre molde. Se lyft innan smæcþ gebacenes hlāfes, cistena hirstendra æt hyrnstōwe, caffes gebrowenes strangne and forlǣtenes tō cōlianne be hēape ealdra bōca.
Tōdæg mæg edcier tō þām dæghwāmlīcan grindstāne bringan frōfor, dāg cnēad mid bām handum, grēfan wealhhnute dragen, rūhne ecg of stole setles gesanded, oþþe molde gewend on stillre hyrne þæs tūnes. Ǣlc dǣd underfēhþ anbīdunge þǣre worulde þurh þæt hēo macgaþ andgiet of þām þe is gehafed, of þām tōlum and rīpum þe wuniaþ nēah æt handa.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Brūn.
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