Stæf, ān lēohtfæt, and hēahweg, þās sind tōl þæs Ānsetlan. Hē gǣþ betweox nīedum wolcnum and cealdum stānum, and on his handa ne tōsprǣt glēam þæs lēohtfætes feorr. Ymbe hine ealne is sēo woruld āsmored, swīge ealdes mynstres æt ǣrdæge, stōwe þǣr munecas ǣr brohton heora morgentēa on cuppum geerfdum fram yldrum, ǣlc fæt ætīewende tācn brūces, ac geheald ungewemmed, sēo bānþynne glæsung dragende gemynd on þām dimmum gangum. Ānnes þæs Ānsetlan is swilc, gescyldod, ac ā lōciende ūt, ǣlc stæpe swīgende sprǣc mid dūste þæs pæþes and þām winde.
Hē færþ be ealdum lāstum þǣr sunnanlēoht hæfþ lange geblācod þā blācan bān gefeallenra bōga, and tīd hæfþ gewederod ansīenu anlīcnessa on ofergitenum wyrtūnum. On þissum stōwum find Se Ānsetla latteow on gīemenfullum mearcum, þām stafum on ymbewritum fæste gerollum and gescyldum on cederen cystum, þām blācodan webbe færmentles sponnenes of wulle hēahlandes scēapa, gehealdenes fram līþum handum ofer cneorissa. Swilc þing habbaþ gesewen fær gēara, heora brerdas hnesce and gewerede, and þēah healdende on him þā stillan ārweorþnesse þe cymþ of þurhwununge. Se Ānsetla ne cwiþ nǣnne glencg būton þissum, þone wīsdōm āmæredne on brerd lāfe elpendbānenes tæflstānes, þone brerd hwītes lāmfates, þone corfenan gripe ealdes gangstæfes, of handa tō handa giefen þurh tīd.
On spelle and gemynde is lēohtfæt þæs Ānsetlan wiþmeten sǣlēohtstīpele waciendum ofer nearwum sǣmūþum, his glēam uneaþe genōg tō ecgenne þone mist. Þǣr is mǣgscipe betweox fære þæs Ānsetlan and þām þe healdaþ gesunde on wintra cotum, heora ēagþyrel gemearcod mid locenum wāghræglum and gesīwodum līnum, þā hwīle þe morgenforst gaderaþ on smælum hīwum. Elles, on wēstenmynstrum clifigendum tō sīdum clifu, is se lyft drȳge and cōl swā þā tīda ǣr sunnan ūpstige, and se eorþena lim þāra capelwealla scīnþ āna swā micel lēoht swā man þearf tō rǣdenne þæs dæges gebedu. Ealle þās stōwa, and þā þing binnan him, healdaþ āsmorede beorhtnesse, stille, þurhwunigende, and nēah þǣre handa.
Weder, ēac, andswaraþ andweardnesse þæs Ānsetlan. Ǣr mist rīst be ēaōfre, and hnesceþ þā worulde oþþæt āna þæt þe stent nēah mæg bēon gesewen. On swilcum wedere is gesihþ þæs wegfarendes gemet, ac þǣr is frōfor on þǣre nēahnesse, on þām wite þæt ǣlc stæpe is geþōht, ǣlc anbīdung gesmeaht. Eald bōchūs, his bord gefrætwod mid bōcfellenum bōcum, giefþ gelīce frōfre. Þās bōc, þonne hīe bēoþ geopenode, craciaþ lēaslīce, heora trāmetta gesīfte fram līþum hringe lēohtes þæs lēohtfætes. Wīsdōm þæs Ānsetlan nis nǣfre hlūd, ac ā binnan rǣce, swā hrine meludūstes on bæceres bærclāþe æt ende nihtes, oþþe þæt hnesce grān duru smēþe geweredre fram manigum handum.
Tōdæg meaht þū sēcan þā stillan nytweorþnesse hwītes cuppan, ālecgan hwīle tō wrītenne on ōre ealdre bōce, oþþe bētan cūþne dæl clāþes mid handa þā hwīle þe se cytel wielþ. Þū meaht openian cyste lāfa and lǣtan þīne fingras findan þæt yldeste þing innan, and gemunan hū tīd glisneþ þæt þe man lufaþ. On lȳtlum wegum meaht þū tēon hring þæs lēohtfætes nēah and lǣtan hine ætīewan þā sibsuman þing þe þurhwuniaþ.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Eald hwīt.
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