Se Pāpa sit on his frætwedan stōle, handa āhafene on bletsunge, bōc open beforan him and swēras his þrymmsetl ymbfrætwende. Sēo scēawung is ealdes þēawes, endebyrdnesse gehealdene mid gewunan and þegnunge, ac þonne sēo carte wendeþ, wihte gēarhunda blīcaþ. Se sārliga sang edlǣcþ on æmtigre healle. Stōr smylþ on ealdum īsenrēcelse, his smīc trāgende on hringum tō þām hēan hrōfe, ac se andgiet æfter þǣre þegnunge is āweg gewiten, and lǣfþ ān þone holan swēg fōtstapa on stānflōrum and þone slæp regnes on þæs mynsteres hrōfe. Hrægl þæs Pāpan, ǣr tācnu, nū hangiaþ ymbe hine swā weorcmannes oferhrægl ahanged on næglum æfter langum dæge.
On þǣre worulde ūte se tūn onwæcneþ under heofone hefigum mid lēasum wolcnum, þām cynne þe ofer stāntiglhrōfum þringaþ and þone lyft cealdne and stillne dēþ. On þām wegum þā strǣtstānas scīnaþ mid giestranes regne, gemenged wæter gaderigende on þām dalfum, berende gemynd fōtstapa and crætwēna. Þæs stānwyrhtan handa sind besmītede mid dūste þā hwīle þe hē ōþerne gewederodne oferslege scypþ, his īsen edlǣcende þurh þone morgen. On þām feldum þǣrbūtan lamb gaderiaþ under þām drȳgstānwāge, his brerd rūh and ceald tō hrīnanne, mearciende gemǣre betwux þām gewunelīcan and þām hālgan. Þæs ealdan hierdes hwītel, gewefen tō þurhwununge, is āworpen ofer his sculdrum, gelæppod æt þām elnbogum þǣr hē of dæghwāmlīcum brūce þynne wearþ.
Se heorþ on þǣre cycene nis nū māre þonne glēda, ac sum man pott hrēreþ, brerd þæs īsenhweres fōnde þone lǣsestan scīman. Þæs cōces barmclāþ is besprenged þurh gēar seþunga and hlāfa, and mearc melwes on hire handum næfre ful is āþwogen. Ælce dæg hēo þā cistelnutu grint tō briwe, se swēg stæþig and unāwend, swā þā gebed þe on cirican sind hwispred lange æfter þām þe sēo gesamnung is gewiten. On þām hordcofan crocca swamma, gerīpode of cealdum sceadum under ealdum ācum, sittaþ rǣwe be rǣwe, hira brerdas ādimmode of ylde and handlunge.
Ūp on þām mōrum se wind wendeþ, berende swæcc fennes and gemynd wintres ciele. Þæs hierdes crycc lǣneþ ongean stān, glēted of gēarum þrycces on þā eorþe. Hrefnas sittap on hegcyl, clappiende and ābīdigende þæt se regn geswīce. Feorr belle hringeþ, hire swēg fordylfed on miste, edlǣcende þone mynet ac nā þone andgiet. On þǣre ceastre hrōfwyrhtan þā tiglu ofer þǣre heafodcirican bettaþ, wegiende on bēamum slīþum of þām droppan, carfule þæt hīe þone mos ne āstyren þe betwux þām stānum clifaþ.
Is cyn frōfre on edlǣce, ac sēo hwyrf āscþ mā. Þonne þæt gefræge wunaþ ac se gāst is gewiten, hit helpeþ tō ābīdenne be þām ēagþyrle and þone regn tō hlystenne. Man mæg bēc on stillum hyrne āstapelian, oþþe þone ealdan tēpott clǣnsian, and lǣtan þone brerd þā fæstan handa ealra þe hine begēmon scīnan. Gang on þām gemǣrwāge, fingersporda træcende þone pyttedan stān, mæg þā heortan ealdra spella gemunan, þēah hira word mid þām wedre sind āwende.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Dimgræg.
Lucky Color: DimGray — #696969Is fægernes on þām þe þurhwunaþ, ēac þonne his andgiet is āwend.