Þæt tempel is stille. Wāgrift hangiaþ þicce ofer þone ingang, ælc feald sūcende þā lātestan lāstas lēohtes. Sēo gewritrolle on sceate þǣre Abbodessan wunaþ belocen, brerdas swā þearle ætgædere geþryccede þæt nā ān stæf ūt ne ætbersteþ. Under hire setle se hyrneda mōna is bediglod under laga ealdes sōtes, sceadu on worulde stānswēra and midnihtstōres. On þām tūne būtan þām hāligdōme pōl sit stille and unþurhsīene, his brerd unbrocen. Þæt wæter, ǣr scīnende, wiþsacaþ ǣnige gesihþe tō āgiefenne. Wyrtruman wrīþaþ under molde, þrǣdende þurh bedd coles and nihtscadan, delfende deoppor þǣr sunnlēoht ne mæg fylgan.
Is eald spell þe segþ be ceastre ymbhringdre mid wāgum geworhtum of obsidiāne, smēþum and unþurhgongendlīcum. Wegferendan þe tō hire geatum cumaþ findaþ hīe geinsiglode, þone brerd cealdne under hira handum, þone ingang būtan sēame. On þǣre ceastre dēagolnessa ne sind gedǣlede. Hīe sittaþ on þām basaltstrǣtum and gaderiaþ on unonlēohtum hyrnum hordhūsa þǣr tēcistas sittaþ unontȳnede, wyrta sind belocene on īsenfatu, and spell dwinnaþ ǣr hīe sind gesprecen. Ufan se heofon streceþ, hefig mid þrēan cumendes stormes. Hremmas gaderiaþ on hrōfbēamum, ūt cīgnde warnunga þe nān ne gehȳreþ, feþera blīciende on æwiste dægrēdes. Smīc ārīseþ of feorrum scēatum, wrīþende on lyft and tōscipeþ ǣr hē þā heorþas niþer mæge tācnian.
On worulde weorces smiþas būgaþ ofer anfilt, slēande īsen þe næfre glēd ne fangeþ, wyrcende locu and hæpsan þe cysta and gemyndbēc geinsiglode healdaþ. Hira handa, gemearcode mid sōte, sind carfule þā hwīle þe hīe ælc cræft gefæstniaþ, gewissiende þæt þæt þe binnan is gehealden unhrinen wunaþ. Delferas niþer on eorþan stīgaþ, blācern gescyttelsode, fylgende sēamum anþracītes þurh gangas þǣr ælc stæpe is cēapung wiþ stilnesse. Se blācernsōt þe hira folma and andwlitan gebrerdeþ is mearc þæs þe ne mæg ēaþelīce bēon āþwogen: þæt bediglode, þæt bebyrgede, þæt ungesprecena.
On þǣre cycene lent sēoþaþ on hefigum īsenpotte, hira stenc ārīsende on slawum eorþlīcum ȳþum. Wīf pipor grint mid mortere, þā lȳtlan sin berstende ac næfre hira heortan ætȳwende. Hlāfrinda bacaþ tō deorcnese þe segþ geþyld and āteahte hǣte. Se bēod is geseted mid stānfātum, þelum and cuppum healdendum þæt þe is eten ac næfre on fullum lēohte ætȳwed. On hyrne spindel seolces abideþ, gespunnen of weorce nihtmoþþa, swā hnesce and dēagol swā þā gehāt gedōn betwux midnihte and morgen.
Se wind ārīseþ, berende swēg þunores. Þā ēagþyrlu hristaþ. Þā scyttelsas healdaþ. Regn fealleþ, ac þā wæterrinnan sind forstoppode mid leafmolde, swā þā lāstas gaderiaþ æt þām þersceolde, pōligende swā blæc. Sind dagas þonne sēo woruld gefēleþ swā heall, ceald and orþlēas, mid bencum gebrerdodum mid croccum þāra innung is bewæfed mid ylde. On þissum tīdum se lāþ nis tō þurhbrecenne ac tō gānne stillīce binnan, gewitende wihte and mihte æfter ælcum hlide, ælcere belocenre dura.
Tōdæg man mæg cēosan tō sittanne be unontendum heorþe and hlystan þæs þe nis gesæd. Hīe magon dēagolnesse on gemyndbōc wrītan and hīe betwux leafum ealdre landbōce dȳfan, oþþe gān under līnan æt ǣfenne, rīmende sceada fugla ufan. Hīe magon īsen cǣg glētian oþþæt hēo scīne, and siþþan hīe lǣfan þǣr nān hīe ne findeþ, gemunende þæt sume dēagolnessa sceolon bēon gehealdene.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Blæc.
Lucky Color: Black — #000000Gā mid geþylde stānes on þēostrum.