Hēahbæc stōl stent æmtig æt foran þǣre healle. On rihtum tīdum hīw mihte þǣr sittan þā hwīle þe stilnes ofer þā gesamnung sæt, se lyft þicce mid stōre and mid smalum hriste leafa. Nū se setl is ungenumen, þā mynet þǣre þegnunge þurhwuniaþ ac se gāst is elles hwider gewiten. Sēo bōc resteþ open on middan þām wēofode, hire leaf bifigende, ac nān stefn þæt gap fylleþ. Sēo stilnes nis æwist, ac lēase hūn under þām þegnungum, cūþe gebǣru gefremede ān forþām hīe ā wǣron.
On ealdum spellum swilce tīda cumaþ æt weggedālum. Prēost stent on fȳrbeorges sīdan, his scōs sincende on gecealdodum stāne, þǣr fela gēarhundum ǣr se beorg smīc and hungor on þone heofon spāw. Ǣr þæs tūnes folc gaderode ymbe þone brerd tō offrigenne hlāf oþþe hlædel wīnes, gelȳfende þæt hīe mehton smēþian þæt þe under rumode. Gēar gāþ, and þæs beorges mūþ clottaþ mid ascan and forgitenum mynetum. Se pæþ is gīet gān, ac þæt gebed is þynne, edlǣcende ān ongean stān. Cild, geboren lange æfter þām lātestan ūtāsprynge, plegaþ æt þām rīme, weorpende stānas on þā dēopan and hlystende andsware þe næfre cymþ.
On þǣre cycene īsenpanne hangþ of hire hōce, hire brerd geseasonod mid gēartīdum ǣfenmeta. Þæs cōces handa wyrcaþ be gemynde, wendende pancācan swā hire ealdmōdor dyde, þēah þæs hīredes metsēþung lange his andgiet forlēas, and nān ne geman hwæt hine syndrigne worhte. Þēah sēo panne is gebrocen ælce Sunnandæg, hire hefige wihte frōfor. On ōþrum dæge sēamwyrhtestre hrægl bet mid fingrum besmītedum mid blācernsōte, wyrcende be lēasum lēohte dwinendes fȳres. Hēo stillīce sīweþ, sēo nǣdl scytende þurh þicce wull, ælc styrenes edlǣc sumes þe hēo of hire mēder leornode, se endebyrdnes wōrig ac sēo dǣd rihte.
Feor fram þām heorþe niht fealdeþ ofer nearwe lānan ceastre. Regn fealleþ on scēatum, gēotende on wæterþēotum, gaderigende æt fōtum lēohttendendra þe niþer strǣtum on hefigum hræglum gāþ. Se ealda cēap þurhwunaþ, ac nān ūp ne lōcaþ. Se glēd þe hīe of ælcum blācerne lǣdaþ is forloren þām wǣtan, and þā andwlitan æfter ēagþyrlum sind onlēohte mid ōþrum þingum. Wīd cat slīdeþ be þām wæterrinne, þryccende on sceade colcrætes forlǣtenes be þām wege. Se cræt wæs ǣr nēod. Nū hē is lāf, gemearcod mid handmælum and mid þām smalan mæstlingstence þe on īsene clifaþ.
Þis sind tācnu þāra þe dōþ þæt ā wæs gedōn, ēac þā hwīle þe andgiet ebbaþ. Þæs fȳrbeorges stānas, þǣre pannan wihte, þæs blācernes glæsfæt, þæt hrægl gesīwod on stilnesse: ealle sind lāfa gefræge þe man clycceþ þonne se intinga is āweg gedrīfen. Hit nis æmtignes, ac þurhwunung, þegnung gehealdan for hire selfre.
Tōdæg þū meaht stān on ēagþyrlstān settan, gemunende spell būtan wordum. Þū meaht morgenmete on ealdre hefigre panne sēoþan, oþþe ūt gān under regne þe þā worulde þwēþ and stilne dēþ. Þū meaht cēosan tō betenne sum þing, þēah þū nā leng ne wite hwā hit þē ǣrest geaf.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Blæc.
Lucky Color: Black — #000000Is stæþignes on þām þe þurhwunaþ, þēah se intinga forloren sīe.