Ān wer hangþ of bōge libbendes trēowes, āhafen be ānum fōte, and his ōþer fōt is gehōcod behindan þām cnēowe. His earmas restaþ gesibbe, his ēagan sind opene, and līþe hring lēohtes hōfaþ ymbe his hēafod. Þæt trēow nis unwæstmbǣre. His rind hæfþ þā wǣtan rūhnesse þæs ēaōfres, stoc besprengd mid mēose, limu cwicu mid sēawe and stillre geþylde. Sēo woruld hweorfeþ, and hē wunaþ, hēafod niþer, nā wiþstandende ne winnende, and gelaþaþ nīwe wīsan tō sēonne.
Tō ongietanne þā stilnesse þe bringþ nīwe gesihþe, geþenc stōwe þǣr sēo sǣ mēt þæt land on stillum morgene, þǣr se wind slīdeþ þurh þā heardan, weaxigan lēaf wildra wyrta þe clifiaþ on sealtes āþwogenum stānum. On ealdum hȳþum gaderedon sǣlidan telgan þissa wyrta, and gelīefdon þæt hīe hēoldon stormas feorr. Be feorrum īglandum þǣre Wendelsǣ tiliaþ tūnesmenn æcras heardra wyrta þe magon standan on sealtum lyfte, heora stelan hearde and sīenige, heora stenc strang and clǣne. On cycenum þǣr morgenlēoht sīhþ þurh brādum, openum hlidum, hangþ bundena þissa wyrta of bēamum, drȳgende tō wintra briwum, and heora strengþu and smæcc sind ātogene of sǣwǣtre eorþan.
Þǣr is spell þe man segþ be þām westerum sǣriman. Wegfarende, þonne hīe forluron on fǣrlicum miste, sōhton þone glisn ānre wīsan wederes, gehȳdedne, bifigendne lyft þe spræc be þǣre sǣ ǣþme. Fisceras, anbīdende on heora bātum, wācodon mǣwas sittan on flēotendum beddum sǣwārodes, and þā slipigan wārodan rīsan and feallan mid þām flōde. Þonne stormas hīe tō lande drifon, ēodon hīe under rǣcendum earmum cypresstrēowa and tamarisces, and heora hēahscōs sāwon on þām spongigan mattum þe mearcedon þǣr sǣ mētte wudu. Ǣlc stæpe wæs lār forlǣtennesse, tō underfōnne þæt þe se flōd sealde.
On cēapstōwum þæs norþes, þǣr se lyft is scearp and se orh ā smeceþ lēaslīce sealtes, windaþ fiscmonn heora feng on wundenum nettum þe sind deagode mid sēawe strandwyrta. Hūsfrōwan þwēaþ heora floras mid wætere þe on þām ilcan lēafum wæs āwylled, and gelīefiaþ þæt hit bringe smyltnesse, and gemynd þæs sǣrimes, inn on þæt hūs. Cræftigmenn cnottiaþ rāpas of heardum hreodum þe weaxaþ þǣr ēa sīgaþ on mersc, and heora handa sind besmitene of tīdum wrīþunge and bregdunge. Cildru gaderiaþ þā stelan tō wefenne bīecne mattan, and lecgaþ hīe be durum swā tācn wilcumes and gescildnesse.
Tō līcnienne lāre þæs Hangendan, forlǣtennesse tō hweorfunge, anbīd be þām nīehstan wætere and gehīer þā swīge þæs windes þe færþ þurh strandwyrta. Nim telgan wildre wyrte and sete hine on þīn ēagþyrelsyl, stil gemynd tō lǣtenne þā worulde hweorfan būtan gewinne. Gif þū hæfst drȳgne sǣwārod oþþe his mǣgas on þīnre cycene, bryt lȳtel on þīnne briw, and smæc þǣre sǣ giefe. Swāpa þīne floras mid besman of mershreodum, and rūm stede þæt nīwe geþōhtas mōten wyrttrumian.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Sǣgrēne.
Lucky Color: SeaGreen — #2E8B57Anbīd, and læt þīne gesihþe hweorfan, swā se flōd eft macgaþ þone strand.