Þæt ealde setl þæs lārēowes, ǣr hēah and stille, sit nū awōh. On þām hāligdōmum þǣr bewæfede menn ǣr hira handa tō hālgum þingum þrungon and þā rihtan word hwisprodon, sum smalu þing is āstyred. Sēo þegnung gǣþ forþ swā ā: sēo belle hringeþ, se stōr ārīseþ, þā gesamnung būgaþ and eft ārīsaþ, ac se þrǣd is tōslopen. Ǣmtige scella ealdes þēawes edlǣcaþ on þām handum, on þām mūþum, on þām fōtum þe styriaþ be gemynde, nā be willan. Þā gefræge wuniaþ, ac hira wyrtruman bifiaþ.
On swilcre tīde se mōd drīfeþ elles hwider, tō felda būtan þām stānwāgum, tō tūnhūse þǣr tīd ne stent swā ful stille. Hēr līnclāþ, gehnesced mid cneorissum, wrīhþ bēod gesetedne tō ānfealdum mæle. Se clāþ nis nīwe, ac berþ þæt smale swēte gemynd melwes and fersces meolce, his brerd gesīwod mid mynetum ealdmēder handa. Cild in of þām geardum yrnþ, handa dūstige, clyccende ealdne bāncnæpp gefundenne on þæs tūnes molde, gefeallen of barmclāþe lange ǣr. Se cnæpp is ceald and smēþe on þǣre folme, lȳtel hring of ōþerre ylde, his brerd lȳtlum glisniende. On þām heorþe hlāf rīseþ on īsenpanne, his rinde craciende swā hē hine of þām gewefenan windle āhefeþ þe ǣr hwǣte heold. Se hlāf, se cnæpp, se clāþ, ælc healdeþ mearc þāra þe ǣr cōmon, ac nān ne nēadaþ hȳrsumnesse tō hira fruman willan.
Būtan þām tūnhūse, on tūne þæs stānas rīcu gemunaþ, se lyft hæfþ smalu swæcc calces æfter regne. On clǣnum æfternihtum þæt lēoht tōstenceþ on dūstegum wegum gebrerdodum mid wildum gærs and þām hēagum blācan stelum Queen Annes lace. Hwīlum ealde menn hegas bettaþ, handa styriende of gewunan, nā of gelēafan. Se heofon is blāc and līþe, cyn wederes þe scearpnesse hnesceþ, and gemǣru betwux nū and þonne āblendeþ. On þæs tūnes cēape wīf ontȳnþ dǣl cēses mid rinde þe scilfþ swā eald bōcfell, and ætȳweþ gebīgendne heortan binnan. Se cēse gǣþ of handa tō handa, ār þæs cēapes yldu, his swæcc ēgþer frōfor and wundor.
Siþþan, on stilnesse ǣfenes, lāmwyrhtan hwēol wendeþ on lȳtlum cræfthūse bediglode æfter hege. Se lām is gesceapen mid fæstum handum tō fātum þe næfre tempel geseon magon, ac wæter, seþunge, oþþe wilde blōstman healdaþ. Þæt weorc nis ofsted. On bence ofer þām hwēole Rōmānisc amphora, toclofen ac hāl, resteþ be tobrocenre tēcuppan, bēgen līfþ of hira āgnum þēawum. Hēr sēo þegnung nis geedlǣht swā ā, ac swā sēcnung, ælc styrenes āscung: hwæt wunaþ gif þū þæt gewrit āsetst?
Tōdæg þū meaht þīnne yldestan bēodclāþ ofer morgenmete bēod lecgan, and lǣtan his þrǣdas þē gemunan handa þe þū næfre gemēttest. Þū meaht þā eorþan sēcan for bediglode tācnum, cnæppe, scille, stāne, þe nānum ne tōbelimpaþ ac gefēlaþ swā ǣrend. Þū meaht hlāf bacan of gemynde, þēah sēo metsēþung unfull sīe, oþþe tē gēotan on fæt þe þām heape ne gelīcaþ. Þonne þū ūt on þone mildan æfterniht stæpst, lǣt þone lyft þe þīne hȳd træcþ genōh bēon, sēo þegnung self ālǣtung, nā bend.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Eald hwīt.
Lucky Color: AntiqueWhite — #FAEBD7Lǣt þæt gefræge styrian, and lǣt andgiet on stilnesse gān.