Se wer on þǣre carte hangþ, āhafen be þām anclēowe, and þēah, on þǣre ymbcerredan sīdan, is sēo woruld on styrenesse ymbe hine. Sēo anbīdung nis nā leng betwuxgang, ac grīn, hwīl þe scolde bringan andgiet and brohte āna unrōwnesse. Ealde elegrāfas on latum hærfeste cumaþ on gemynd, bōgas berende heora byrþenne, wæstm gȳt ungaderod. Þā rīperas scoldon bēon hēr, anbīdende betweox þām trēowum mid heora ealdum nettum, ac se wind rīst and se regn þēaþ. For þon wunaþ se wæstm ofer rīpunge, and heardaþ on stōwe, and biþ forwyrned his hwīle on þām wringe. Þǣr sind gēar þonne þā stormas ne geswīcaþ, þonne þā hlǣddran wuniaþ ungebrocene and þā windlas drȳge on þām hūsum, and ǣlc stæpe forþ biþ forwyrned fram þām lande selfum.
Swilc stīþnes nis āna on þām wedere, ac binnan stāne and molde. Geþenc hlīþ on Crēcum, on dūstigum steapum, þǣr ealde hīwan ǣr þryccedon ele under hefignesse trēowbēama and grānites hweola. Se wring sit swīgende, se bēam fæst on midde swenge, and anbīdeþ handa þe elles hwǣr sind bisige. And þēah ne mæg se rīp bēon ylded ā. Fuglas gnagaþ þone wæstm, and se grund under þām gewridenum stoccum wierþ slipig and swicol, þā hwīle þe ungaderode elewæstmas feallaþ and rotiaþ. Stīþnes þǣre tīde is gesewen on þām stillan cræfte, on þām gehafenum weorce þe nyle andettan his āgene unstyrenesse.
Þǣr sind tīda þonne rest nis cyre, ac nīed þe sēo woruld dēþ. On feorrum cycenum anbīdaþ sealtelewæstmas on glæsfatum on hēahum bordum, heora smæccas weaxende smalor mid ǣlcum mōnþe þe gǣþ. And þēah mæg openung fates, and smæccung his innunge, geweorþan āgen wiþsæcung, wiþsæcung þæt sēo tīd anbīdunge is geendod. On swilcum yldingum slīdeþ gelimpe forþ ungemeted. Sēo sunne setleþ, se regn cymþ, and þā gaderiendan, waciende of ēagþyrlum, wundriaþ hwæþer se orcerd eft gēnēalǣce on nīehstan gēare.
Ēac þā tōl habbaþ word. Se gebēatoda snīdhōc, ecg ādīglod of ǣrran gēares weorce, rest be gewundenum rāpe, bēgen ālegede þā þā forman dropan regnes ongunnon feallan. Þǣr is wullen mentel, wefen for cealdum morgenum betweox þām trēowum, þe nū gaderaþ dūst on þām berne. His rūhe web gemyngaþ þone þurhwunigendan ēht ānre scēaphierdes hunde, ymbhweorfende eowde scēapa þurh nīede, scearpe þȳfe. On tīdum genīeddre anbīdunge weorþaþ þās dæghwāmlīcan þing gemynd resta tō lange gehealdra, weorces þe mihte onginnan and þēah yld þæt geat, swā Se Hangenda on þǣre ymbcerredan sīdan swingþ ofer þone grund, unwillende tō clyppenne ǣgþer āhafenesse oþþe forlǣtennesse.
Man mæg gān betweox trēowum, and mearcian hwilce bōgas beraþ þone hefigostan wæstm and hwilce sind forlǣtene þām fuglum. Hē mæg elian his tōl tō gearwnesse, þēah se heofon þēawe regn. Wæcung handfulle gehǣledra elewæstma on wearmum, stincendum ele mæg mearcian gongende tīd, stil þēaw tō gīemenne þā wendunge þe cymþ þonne anbīdung nis leng wæstmbǣre ac stīþ. Oþþe hē mæg bētan mentel, and scēadan hine for þām fære eft on þone orcerd, and underfōn þæt tō onginnanne eft sceal man ǣrest andettan þā anbīdunge.
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