Of bōge strangre wīlige hangþ se wer, nā on earfoþe ac mid smyltnesse þe færþ þurh þā wyrttruman on þone grund. Sēo woruld hwierfþ hire self, and mid hire wierþ þæt cūþe fremde. Bōgas rǣcaþ tō eorþan, and se stoc tō heofone. Se lyft is full swīge, ēage dēagolnes on morgenlēohte, and þurh þā stilnesse wyrþ lēohtbēag, hring stilles andgietes. Se weg tō nīwre gesihþe nis hlēap, ac sēo dǣd tō āhebbenne styrenesse, tō lǣtenne þone wind gān and þā lēaf sprecan.
Man cwiþ þæt on ealdum merscum þæs ēastes rīsan wilde enedas of þām hreodum, heora hēafda gehēapode and ēagan wacole. Þās fuglas sind æt hām þǣr wæter gaderaþ betweox gewridenum secgum, þǣr dracanflēogan hōfaþ and frosgan singaþ heora geþyldigan sangas. Hēr, betweox flēotendum liliam and þām gewridenan wætergærse, anbīdeþ ened, hielt his hēafod, and dȳfeþ under þā brerd. Āne hwīle wierþ þæt ufan tō þām neoþan, and sēo woruld biþ eft geworht on bifigendum ȳþum. Þes ened, lange wundrod ǣgþer fram huntum and mēterum, sealde ānne naman þām fiþerum þe glisniaþ on his hēafde and fiþerum, tācn þām þe gīemaþ þāra dēagolnessa gecyndes.
On ealdum cēapstōwum be wæterdicum bētaþ fisceras heora nett be þæs wæteres ecge, and heora windlas sind wofen of hreodum þe habbaþ ādruncen gemynd regnes. Glisn feþere, on hætte gedōn oþþe on cildes plegan geseowed, mearcaþ gebind betweox mersce and heorþe. Hēah on norþe, on windbīegedum cotum, snidon hūsfrōwan clāþ on gelīcnesse þæs fugles fiþerhoman, and worhton sculdorhrægl and wādas þām þe fērdon on bāte oþþe hām cōmon of langum farum. Clāþcēapmenn wurþodon ǣr ānne boll seolces, seldene and wæterwiþstandende, swīþe gesōhtne tō līnenne innan færmentlas, sum þing þe fēng þone regn and nǣfre ne clifode tō þǣre hȳde. Þonne stormas fērdon ofer þā mōras, þonne sweartode se heofon and þā nīderfeld flōwodon, and þā þe on swilcum mentele wǣron bewundene anbīdedon stille, swā hīe gedyrstlǣhton þone storm tō gānne.
On swīge wintra pōles formeþ īs ymbe þā hreod, and þā enedas gaderiaþ on þām lȳtlum stōwum þe unfrorene wuniaþ. Ofer hīe sind þā nīedran wolcnu hefige, ac se lyft is cwic mid behāte þawes. Spell segþ be tīde þā swilce fuglas flugon ofer hēafde and sēo woruld anbīdde, ymbhwyrfed, þæt lencten eft cōme. On slāwre wendunge þāra tīda cymþ þæt andgiet. Anbīdan ne mǣnþ standan. Hit mǣnþ rūm dōn ōþrum ecge, and lǣtan þæt wæter setligan oþþæt se grund biþ sweotol.
Tōdæg meaht þū wacian þæt hīw wæterfugla swā hīe swimmaþ oþþe flēogaþ ofer hēafde, and gīeman hū hīe snīdaþ ǣgþer wind and wæter. Þū meaht gaderian hreod be ēa, and wefan hīe tō lȳtlum matta oþþe windle, swā men ǣr dydon on mersclandum. Þū meaht bētan torenne sculdorclāþ, and gemunan þā ealdan bollas seolces, oþþe ānlīce sittan be þām ēagþyrle on regnstorme, and lǣtan þā stilnesse openian nīwe gesihþe.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Sǣhæwen.
Lucky Color: Teal — #008080Sēo woruld is stilost þǣr wæter and heofon mētaþ.