Ān wer gǣþ þone hēahweg, stæf on handa, his ān lēohtfæt settende lēohtbēag on þām nēahan miste. Sēo niht ǣþmaþ stille ymbe hine, sēo woruld āsmored and lȳtel geworht fram gemetum þæs þe his lēohtfæt mæg ætīewan. Hē færþ mid gīemenfullum stæpum, hwīlum anbīdende tō sēcenne þone grund, hwīlum tō wacienne slāwe færeld þæs mōnan ofer canondene ecge. Se ætīeweda hring þæs lēohtfætes is genōg. Ānnes hielt þone lēohtan rǣd nēah þǣre handa.
On ǣgþerre sīdan þæs pæþes tōsprǣt þæt wēsten on swīge. Se lyft is drȳge, ac nā īdel. Hwǣr on feornesse strīcþ wind ofer sandstāne and se ciele cymþ on ȳþum. Þæt land hēr cnǣwþ þā langran geþyld sandes and stānes. Þonne sēo sunne rīst, find hēo pueblōhūs getimbrod of eorþan and lāme, heora weallas gescypene fram handum þe smēþedon þone lām and þæt strēaw, hand ofer handa, lange æfter þām forman fȳrum þæs morgenes. Þās weallas glōwaþ mid gemynde heorþa and sumeres hǣte, and gemyngaþ wununga þe habbaþ gestanden gēar, healdende on heora stillan þicnesse þā dēagolan sceadwa wintra æfena and þā wearmþe mǣgþe.
Glēam þæs lēohtfætes fielþ on þæt hēahland, þǣr scēap gærsaþ and wolcnu dragaþ heora lēasan sceadwa ofer þæt opene land. Hēr spinþ man wulle tō þiccum hwītelum on trēoweflum, se þrǣd hnesce geworht fram slāwum weorce handa, ryne þæs weflscytteles edwistende beatu ānnesse. Hrægl þæs Ānsetlan, nytwyrþe, wefen for þurhwununge, is swā ēadmōd and nīedþearf swā se ryge ātogen ofer bence on stillum hogan. Þās cræftas bindaþ man tō þām lande and tō him selfum, ǣlc þrǣd stæpe be þām inweardan pæþe.
Be þǣre hēahan mesa wunaþ stenc hlāfes æt æfenglōme. Lȳtel ofen, getimbrod of eorþan, stent æt ecge tūnes, his hēap healdende þæs dæges hǣtu. Wīf nimþ sinewealtne hlāf of þǣre æsce, his hnesce rind brecende under hire fingrum. Se rēc innan berþ gemynd cornes gerīpodes on hærfeste, gehealdenes on cōlum rūmum oþþæt sēo riht hwīl. Swilc mete is ānfeald, ac hē fylþ þone līchaman for langne dæg āna on pæþe, oþþe for niht wacunge steorrena. Se Ānsetla cnǣwþ hū man nime frōfor on þissum, mete gearwod mid gīemene, eten on þǣre stilnesse begeondan rǣce þæs fȳres.
On dagum þonne se heofon is nīþer and se grund is ceald, tīehþ man hwītel fæste ymbe þā sculdru þā hwīle þe se wind hræt þā duru. Dūst sīhþ inn æt hyrnum, ac se rūm wunaþ frīþstōw, þicce getimbrod tō healdanne inn þā nīedan sunnan. Se bēod is geset mid lāmfatum, heora brerdas geburnode fram gēarum brūces, ǣlc ān lȳtel gemynd geþyldiges gewinnes ānnesse. Ūte geman þæt land ealde pæþas and swīgende gesamnunga. Inne leornaþ Se Ānsetla weorþ tō healdanne þæt lēohtfæt nēah, and tō lǣtenne þæt lēoht feallan āna þǣr hit biþ nīed.
Tōdæg meaht þū bacan hlāf on lāmfate, brūcende þīne handa tō cnēdenne and tō scyppenne þæt þe þē fedeþ. Bewind þē on wefenum hwītele and sit on stillre stōwe, and læt þīne geþōhtas setligan swā dūst æfter storme. Bēt sum þing mid gīemenfullum sēamum, oþþe swāpa þone flor mid slāwum, rynefæstum styrenessum, and fel hū lȳtel weorc mæg healdan ealne dæg tōgædere. Cēos ānne lȳtelne rūm, and læt hine geweorþan þīn frīþstōw.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Sandhwīt.
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