Se ealda wer stent æt ecge þæs muntes, his lēohtfæt ācwenct, se wind ymbwindende ofer gewederodum stāne. Ānnes þiccaþ on þām cealdan lyfte, and se ānsetla, for ofdūfunge, delfþ dēopre on his ānlīfe. Se weg ne lǣt on bæc tō denum oþþe tūnum neoþan. Hē yld on þām coppe, wendende āweg fram þǣre worulde and hire stefnum, and lǣt swīge hine wyrttrumian. Mid lēge þæs lēohtfætes gewitenum getrīewþ hē āna þæt þe is fæst under his fōtum, þā eorþan, drȳge and brȳsan, lagode mid ealdre hȳde þæs muntes.
Hē sit on helme corfenum fram gēarum regnes and forstes, his mentel gaderiende dūst and bita ǣrran gēares lēafa. Ymbe hine þurhwuniaþ lȳtel līf, slǣpende sǣd, ceafor wyrcende þurh molde, dweliende pīnæpplas gefeallene tō grunde. Sēo woruld nearwaþ tō þām þe sēo hand mæg hrīnan oþþe gaderian, stān on fystes micelnesse, rūhne and getrīewne, gecnycced trāmet of bōce spella, gedōn on sēam. Fȳr þæs ānsetlan is lange ceald, sēo æsce gemenged on þā molde, fēdende swā hwæt þurhwunung þǣr weaxeþ. Hē wiþsæcþ tuge þæs weges on bæc niþer, and find for þon dēopne mǣgscipe mid þām þingum þe habbaþ gewunod þurh manige slāwe tīda, rind ealdre āc, stoc gewridenes cistenbēames, drȳge stelan ǣrran gēares fearna healf gehȳdede under þǣre ragu.
Hwīlum drift mist þurh, dīegliende þā scearpan hlīþ, āsmorende þā worulde on stilnesse þe sūcþ ealle andswara. Hē geman spell ealdra cēapmanna þe fērdon hēah geat, berende saccas caffebeana on hrycgum assena, and geþencþ hefignes þāra sacca swā tācn heora þurhwununge. Hē geman þā ānfealdan ārweorþnesse rygehlāfes, gebrocenes and gedǣledes on scylde scræfes, and þā heardan rind þe sealde fōdan æfter langum dagum wōrunge. Hē geþencþ munecas, gēar ǣr, grindende cacābēana on stānmorterum, macgende sum biter tō frōfre on langum, swīgendum fæstenum. Ǣlc þissa hæfþ boren earfoþu þǣre worulde, berende þurhwunung on his āgenum wege.
Þonne se dæg wierþ cealdra, tīehþ se ānsetla hwītel ymbe his sculdru, þicce wefenne, swā hē sīe sponnen of þām ilcan þrǣdum swā weallas ealdes horsernes. Nēah hlīnaþ gangstæf wiþ þone stān, his brerd geglisnod fram gēarum brūces and ele manigra handa. Se lyft stincþ torfes, eorþan æfter mōnþum stilnesse, anbīdende regnes. Ufan hrēosaþ se heofon mid wolcnum hefigum swā molde, þēawende þæt slāwe, fæste weder þe wunaþ mā þonne hit stormaþ.
Hīw wiþsæcunge þæs ānsetlan nis scearp, ac fæst and þurhwunigende. Hē find frōfor on þǣre swīge þǣr sēo woruld is geworden stil. Þǣr is sum wīsdōm on wununge, on andettunge þāra dǣla selfes þe sind swā feldas æfter rīpe, stille, ac healdende behāt under þām brerde. His þurhwunung is þæs endemestan eorþæples forlǣtenes on þām nīedderne, þæs strangan scōs be þǣre duru, þæs ealdan leþersēames borenes of ānum līfe tō ōþrum.
Tōdæg mihte man cēosan tō healdanne ēastān on þǣre handflore, felende his hefignes and stǣr. Man mihte cocan briw mid wyrttrumum, and lǣtan hine wellan oþþæt hē þynce smæccan þǣre eorþan selfre. Sete hlāf heardne on þone bēod and snīþ hine openne, and dǣl hine mid swā hwām swā andweard is, oþþe ānlīce mid þē selfum. Find stille hyrne, rest wiþ trēowstōl, and gehīer swīge setligan on þām bānum.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Brūn.
Lucky Color: Brown — #A52A2AGeþyld findþ hire āgen weorþ.