Betwux marmarswērum se ealda prēost āhefeþ hring cǣga. Þā folgeras cnēowiaþ, hira līnhōdas fægre gegaderod æt þǣre þrotan, handa gefeald ofer bōc mid gebigedum hyrnum þe on þām wēofode resteþ lengra þonne ǣnig libbende stefn gemunan mæg. Ufan candeltrēo blīciaþ under bīge þe is corfen mid lilian and culfrum. Þæs temples hrōf is swā stille swā se ǣresta snāw, and sēo stilnes bīegþ ymbe ælcne stæpe and ælc stæfclēoþ þā hwīle þe tōnihtes þegnung eft ongīnneþ, swā hēo fela gēarhundum dyde.
Þā hrægl þe tō þǣre þegnunge sind lǣned sind scearp, gesīwod mid handum þe þā hefignesse ealdes þēawes ongitaþ. Wull and fleax, gesoden and gespunnen, gesceapen tō hræglum þe cneorissa bǣron, gelæppod þǣr elnbogan and cnēowu on gebede þrungon. Þās hrægl beraþ brǣþ bēowæxes and gehealdnes lāweres, beorhtnes þe segþ geþyld and þæt hnesce geswinc wæsces, drīginge, fealdunge, and healdunge be pōsum gebrytedes lēohtes baswes.
Geerfed weg weorþeþ tōnihtes endebyrdnes, þā hwīle þe hlāf is gebrocen and meolc of porcellanhlædle on smale lāmcuppan gegoten. Ælc cuppe is blāc and hefig, gemetod ān mid þām lǣsestan hrycge þe þæs lāmwyrhtan hwēol lǣfde. Se hlāf, his rinde gecealdod on līnenum clāþe, is tōdǣled and gedǣled betwux þām gegaderodum. Þis ne sind symbel tō glīwe, ac lȳtle and rihte gebǣru þe andweard tīd tō þām ǣrran gebindaþ, swā gewislīce swā se snāw þe stillīce on mynsterhrōfum ælce winter gaderaþ, and þiccaþ and hnesceþ þā scearpestan brerdas.
Ūte se lyft is scearp and drīge. Þæs temples pæþ is mid calc gebrerdod, þā līnan ādragene tō gearwunge þisse nihte fyrde. Ælc mearc berþ andgiet, and edlǣcþ mynet bānes and feþeres þe þā ealdan bēc fyllaþ. Þǣrbūtan se landsceap streceþ under mōnan þe mid miste is āblended, tūn restende under froste līþum wrigelse. Þā feldas licgaþ slāpende. Lamb gaderiaþ on winterbōsum, hira orþung wolcn þe ārīseþ and on þǣre stilnesse fordwinþ.
Binnan sēo þegnung hrepaþ ealle hyrnas þæs hūslīcan. Se wēofodclāþ is lengu hāmspunnenes, swā ānfeald and beorht swā þæs dæges ǣreste lēoht. On þām ēagþyrlstāne ān narcissus stent on glæsfæte, his blōstman onginaþ tōslūpan, and se lyft mid clǣnre geþyldigre swētnesse gestencaþ. Ǣg, heardgesoden and tōclofen, is gedǣled betwux twām handum, eald tācn sibbe and fōdan.
Cǣga wendaþ on locum þonne sēo þegnung endaþ and þæt tempel is belocen. Se prēost sceawaþ þæt þā candela sind ācwencede, and siþþan tēoþ nettclāþ ofer þǣre duru lȳtlum ēagþyrlum. Sēo niht ūte is dēop and stille, gewederod mid stillum fealle sletes, ælc flōc restende on stānflōrum and on strēawe.
Tōniht þū meaht ealde hīredbōc metsēþunga ontȳnan and hlāf scyppan for þām þe þū lufast. Þū meaht līnclāþas on fægerne heap þryccan, and hīe mid folmum smēþian ǣr þū hīe tō morgen āsetst. Þū meaht ūt gān and lǣtan stilnesse stilles wederes nihte on þīnum sculdrum sittan, oþþe carful ǣrend wrītan tō sumum feorran, and hit fealdan mid þǣre ilcan rǣdan care swā hrægl. Þæs dæges gōde wyrd fylgeþ wīsdōme þæs ānfealdan, þæs þegnunglīcan, and þæs stillīce þurhwuniendan.
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