Betwux twām swērum, bewæfed mid hefigum wāgrifte, Sēo Abbodesse healdeþ hire dēagolnessa. Hēo sit on stilnesse tōbrocenre ān mid lȳtlum ȳþe wæteres æt hire fōtum. Þæt þe on þǣre gewritrolle on hire sceate is āwriten wunaþ unrǣden, þæt gewrit innweard gewend. Sēo woruld hēr is geþyldig and þicce mid andgiete, swā hæfen abideþ æt mūþe sǣs, mist inwealwigende tō hnescienne hīw feorra scipa. Þā dēagolnessa ne ræsaþ forþ. Hīe restaþ æfter þām wǣfelse, ābīdigende þā rihtan tīd.
Geþenc þā flor ealdra scipa, hira timber sealtforwered and stille, werodas gongende on gemetum stæpum þā hwīle þe þā ǣrestan blācern sind ontende ongean þone ǣfen. Se sǣ streceþ ūt, dēop and endelēas, wīd and uncūþ bōchern under þām hricgum. Se heofonrima berþ eald spell: cēapscipe hweorfende of feorrum rīcum, hira holdas fulle wyrta and seolces, hira bēc geinsiglode, ælc færeld dēagolstæfræw. Þā sǣmenn sind gebundene mid steore and mid ongiete þæt se gārsecg nāht ne giefþ būtan hē his gild nime. Þǣr, swā on carte þǣre Abbodessan, steore is gepārod mid ingehyde. Cūþnes is ēgþer dēagolnes and byrþen, belocen scipbōc, belocen cyst.
On ealdum hæfenum waroþhordhūs standaþ swā stille weardas. Hira hefigan duru bedīglaþ mā þonne gōd: gewrit, andefnu, þā dēagolan mearca sciphlāforda and tolnwearda. Ēac hira hrægl, mid scearpum līnum and glētedum cnæppum, secgaþ endebyrdnesse gesettre on wīdre ungewissum. Þurh þās stōwa gān is gān þurh laga þegnunge and endebyrdnesse, swā āscend genealǣcþ þǣre abbodesse, ān mid lāþunge and næfre mid nēade. Se weder be þām stæþum is oft stille, se lyft þicce mid miste þe hlynn and gesihþe dimmeþ. Ēac on rǣse cēapes þis is stōw stilnesse, þǣr tīd gaderaþ on hyrnum and dēagolnessa ungesewene gaderiaþ.
Eft æt hām Sēo Abbodesse mæg hire edscēawunge findan on dæghwāmlīcum þingum: þearle gebundene bōc gedȳfed on scrīn, hire leaf belocene īdlum ēagum. Se dēopa pott on þām seþung stillīce fela tīda wylmeþ, se hlid næfre āhafen oþþæt sēo tīd riht sīe. Wihte ealdes heretogan hrægles ahanged on næglum be þǣre dura, hefig mid gemyndum and regne. On ælcum se lār is se ilca. Þā mǣstan sōþ ne sind āboden. Hīe sind gehealdene, gehealdene mid care and geþylde.
Tōdæg man mæg dēagol geþōht on gemyndbōc belūcan, ābīdigende oþ þā rihtan tīd þæt hit sīe rǣden. Man mæg sum þing slāwlīce sēoþan, wiþsaciende tō sceawienne, and lǣtende swæccas on stilnesse dēopian. Gang be hæfene oþþe be ǣnigum stillum wætere giefþ rȳm tō lǣtenne geþōhtas sittan and dēagolnessa hira gefræge findan. Oþþe, ānfealdlīce, man mæg his bēod oþþe benc endebyrdan, settende ælc þing on endebyrdnesse, healdende dēagol gefēl emnetes and gearonesse tō swā hwæt swā cuman mæge.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Flotahæwen.
Lucky Color: Navy — #000080Stæþige dēagolnessa and stille wæter healdaþ hira āgenne rǣd.