On stillum hāligdōme þǣre Abbodessan twēgen swēras standaþ tōdǣlde, healdende þā stilnesse betwux him. Wǣfels hangþ, þrǣdas þearle gewefene, tōscēadende þæt þe gesewen is fram þām þe ān gefēled is. On hire sceate sēo belocena gewritrolle is stille, þæt dēagole gewrit ābīdigende þā rihtan tīd. Æt hire fōtum stille wæter scīnþ þone mōnan ufan, scēawere þæs þe under þām brerde ligeþ. Þēos carte is gehāt witanne bediglod binnan nāwitanne, wīsdōmes belocenre on cleofan æfter þām wǣfelse.
Stǣr hæfþ ēac his wǣfelsas. Be ōfum ēa Anatolia cēapmenn ǣr bǣron stængas and mynet gemearcode mid tācne Artemises, gydenne þæs hyrnedan mōnan. Þās ne wǣron ānfealde tācnu, ac mearca trēowe and beorge, gewurþode for þām stillan glēde þe ne mihte bēon bedīglod. Siþþan, on hēagum hrōfum middelealdra mynstra, munucas hira dēorostan gewritu on cistum hordodon gefæstnodum mid locum and hearrum geworhtum mid þæs tūnes carfulum smiþum, þe late worhton be glēde candelle. Swilce cistas stōdon on heortan bōcherna, healdende gewrit þe hwisprodon lācnungwyrta and forgitenra gebeda, dēagolnessa gebundene and gehealdene, ābīdigende þone geþyldigan rǣdere.
Landsceap lǣnþ his āgenne stilnesse. On seldum morgenum æfter wintrestorme þæt land slǣpeþ under scēate froste, ælc telg and hrōf gebrerdod on cealdum clǣnum nettclāþe. Ǣre wegferendan cūþon þone crac þæs pæþes under fōtum, and þone weg þe orþung mistap and fordwinþ. Hwīlum se heofon self niþer gǣþ, and mist sætlaþ ofer þā feldas, fordylfende ealne swēg, and lǣtende ān cīg feorres fugles. On feorrum norþe ēa yrnaþ mid fixum þāra scilla blīciaþ swā hīe betwux stānum scēotaþ, hira styrenessa ætȳwende and bedīglende on þǣre ilcan tīde. On ealdum Andesbeorgas stīg gehamrodra tācna ǣr þone weg for wegferendum mearcode, lǣdende hīe on stilnesse ofer þā hēagan pæþas.
Binnan þām hāme gemynd wunaþ on þingum gongenum of handa tō handa. Se smala spon on þām cycenescrīne, ǣr fulwihtegiefu. Sēo loccyst under þām bedde, þǣr ealdmōdor hire ǣrend mid bende gebundene heold. Heap candelstafa ūt gebroht for nihtum smēagunge oþþe gebedes. Þās þing sind stille giestas, giefende þurhwununge betwux cneorissum. On cealdum ǣfenum se tēpott gebroht tō bēode scīnþ under blācernlēohte, stīm wrīþende ūp, sēo stilnes ǣr word sind gecweden. Se bedigloda scrīn on ealdum bēode mæg hringbēag, mynet, oþþe gefeald gewrit bedīglan, his spell ābīdigende þone rihtan findend.
On spellum þe be fȳre sind gereht Sēo Abbodesse hnescelīce stæppeþ. Hēo berþ bollan cwicseolfres, scēawerod and undrīfendlic, lǣdende swefneras tō brerde slǣpes. Oþþe hēo gǣþ þone waroþ æt dægrēd, sēcende streng ōres lǣfedne mid wīcgendum flōde, hire fōtstapa mynet on þone sand þryccende. Hēo cūþ wīsdōm geþyldes, healdunge rǣdes, and lǣtenne þā andsware wunian æfter þām wāgrifte oþþæt sēo tīd rīpe sīe.
Tōdæg þū meaht sum bediglod þing on þīnum āgnum dæghwāmlīcum ymbhwyrfte findan, forgiten gemyndþing restende æt bæc scrīnes, oþþe eald mynet on grunde fætes. Þū meaht ābīdan tō glētienne þā hīredcandelstafas oþþe þīne fingras on handgewritenum ǣrende lǣdan. Briw þīnne tē on þām ealdan potte, and lǣt þone stīm ārīsan on stillum morgen, oþþe ūt stæppan æt dægrēd and hlystan tō þǣre stilnesse sittendre on eorþan, gehāt gehealdan under þām brerde.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Seolfor.
Lucky Color: Silver — #C0C0C0Sēo dēagolnes abideþ æfter þām wǣfelse, geþyldig and beorht.