Se pæþ is nearu, and dūst rīst þǣr se stæf þrycceþ on eorþan. Þæt lēohtfæt swingþ, and tīehþ lȳtelne hring gewisnesse on þām dēorcan. Ēac se hēahra grund, bewunden on swīge, nis īdel, ac gefylled mid þiccum ǣþme felda gȳt tō rīpenne. Āna gǣþ Se Ānsetla forþ, āweg fram hlyde and gnidunge mænige, tō stede þǣr ǣlc fōtlāst edwist on his āgenum ēarum and se swēg holhþ tō þām winde glīdendum þurh stelan.
Þes hēahweg is gemearcod nā mid stāne, ne mid glisne farendra cræta, ac mid nīedre ȳþe weaxendra þinga. Se Ānsetla geman þā ealdan feldas, þǣr wegfarende stōpon of ānum tūne tō ōþrum þurh sǣ heahges gærses, ǣr beorgum, ǣr īsenwege. Þæt land self wæs ǣr gescypen fram smēþum, þurhwunigendum hrine cornes, mete, feoh, behāt gehealden for þā cealdan mōnþas. Hit wæs hrycg ēadena, sēo nīed þe wīcstōwa gaderedon ofer tīd, and gewinn tīda gemearcod mid gaderunge scēafa.
On stillum morgene ǣr ǣnig sīþe hrīnþ, setlaþ dēaw on beardum þæs rīpes. Ān hēafod, þrycced betweox fingrum, spricþ ymbhweorfa yldra þonne sprǣc. Þǣr is ānnes on þām felde ǣr sēo sunne clīmþ, þonne se ānga gewita is se rynefæsta hwisprung windes wiþ unrim stela. Feorr fram heorþe, feorr fram hlyde strǣta, find Se Ānsetla andgiet on þisse geþyldigan anbīdunge. Þæt lēohtfæt þe hē berþ is lȳtel, ac hit is genōg. His lēoht is þæt ilce þe glitnaþ be rǣwum gearwum tō rīpe, þæt ilce þe ǣr lǣdde munecas þā hwīle þe hīe writion wīsdōm on bōcfell geworht of strēawe and þrǣde.
Under mentelum sponnenum of þæs wyrtes wæstme ātugon hīw on abbodrice and mynstre ǣr manige wintras on smēagunge. On swīge claustra wæs rind hlāfes, tōsliten of grōfum, sunhǣledum hlāfe, ǣgþer fōda and tācn, gemynd þæt þā ānfealdestan þing magon þurhwunian clæc hweorfendra gēara. Se Ānsetla, ēac, et sparlīce, and getrīewþ þæt þæt þe weaxeþ on stilnesse fede ǣgþer līchaman and mōd. Se āna mete nis wīte, ac dǣd healdnesse. Hē is weg tō draganne þā līne betweox wēdle and genōge, betweox wōrigendre hungre and slāwre fylle þancunga.
Stormas cumaþ and gāþ, ac þæt land wunaþ, anbīdende þǣre gīemenfullan handa þe cnǣwþ hwonne man snīde and hwonne man lǣte hyrne þām æftergaderiendum. On ealdum spellum næs corn āna rīp ac gāst, tācn geþylde, þurhwununge, and wīsdōmes tō ongietanne ryne þǣre eorþan. Se Ānsetla, gānde āna, nimþ þās lāra tō heortan. Hē gehīerþ swēg regnes wiþ hrōf bernes, gnorn mylenstānes, sicc sæcca restendra æt ende rīpes. Ǣlc is gelaþung tō ānnesse, gelimpe tō tēonne þone hring lēohtes lȳtle nēar, tō healdanne hine mid gymene.
Tōdæg meaht þū cnēdan dāg mid þīnum āgenum handum, and felan rūhnesse melwes and wæteres geweorþan sum fēdende þing. Þū meaht gān on swīge be īdlum wege, and lǣtan ǣlcne stæpe edwistian on þīnum mōde. Þū meaht gaderian scēaf drȳges gærses for þīnne bēod, oþþe rǣdan ealde bōc on stilostan hyrne þīnes hāmes, and gemunan hū lȳtel lēoht ǣr þurhwunodon ēac þā lengstan niht.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Hwǣte.
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