Betwux twām swērum stent Sēo Abbodesse, stille and gestæþþig. Hire gewritrolle wunaþ gefeald ongean hire sceat, hire stafas innweard gewende, āteahte fram þǣre worulde. Æfter hire wǣfels hangþ of oferslege tō flore, gesīwod mid mynetum granatæpples sǣdes, belūcende þone rȳm þǣrbūtan. Brerd wæteres gaderaþ stillīce æt hire fōtum, unbrocen and clǣne, scīnende nā þone heofon ac þone heap swēra and clāþes þe hīe belūcaþ. Se lyft on þissum cleofan is ceald, and sēo stilnes is full būtan smalum winde sūcendum þurh feorrum gange.
Sēo dēagolnes þe hēo healdeþ nis gesprecen. Hēo leofaþ on stāne and bōcfelle, on hefignesse stilles wæteres, and on gemynde ealdra stāntiglhrōfa þe mynster and bōchern behealdiaþ. Þās hrōfas, tōclofene and gefæstnode mid handa ofer gēarhundum, standaþ þurh endelēas regn and mist, hira brerdas slīþe mid stilnesse ǣrmorgenes. On þām dene þā delftmenn ǣr nīwe platu tōclēofon, hira hameras hringende ongean þā gelōgodan eorþe, and ælc dǣl wæs āhafen tō bēagienne cirican, tō mearcienne gemǣru betwux hālgum and woruldlīcum lande. Þā hrōftiglu, geseasonode mid gēartīdum storma and līþes droppan, ne sind næfre ān blēo stānes. Hira scīma fangeþ þæt ǣreste lēoht æfter storme and þone lātestan glēd ǣr ǣfenne.
On þǣre cycene stille tīda ūt bringaþ ōþerne edlǣc. Þæt ealde hlāfbred, gedolfen of þām ilcan stāne, ceald tō hrīnanne and corfen æt brerdum mid gēarum brūces, healdeþ þā hnescan wihte plūma and fīc. Hēr hlāf is gesneden þā hwīle þe sēo woruld ūte stille is, and se cruma hnescce on þone stān fealleþ. Mortere, gewend of beorgstāne, grint sǣd tō morgenbriwe, ælc ymbhweorf geþyld þe gelīcaþ ēagum þǣre Abbodessan. Sēo geþyld on þissum dǣdum, on lǣtenne þone hlāf rīsan oþþe þone wæstm sēoþan, edlǣcþ þā geþyld þe is nēod tō ābīdenne þæt dēagolnes hīe selfe ontȳne.
Feor, on ēadene þǣr se lyft ā fūht is, se weder cymþ on langum lēasum wolcnum, bewæfende þæt land swā ful swā se wāgrift æfter þǣre Abbodessan. Se mist resteþ on þām hyllum, dōnde þā worulde lǣssan and stillran. Dēaw gaderaþ on wildum hyacinte and on blōstmum belleblōstman, hira gefræge bifigende lȳtlum ofer eorþan, bediglod būtan þām þe witaþ hwǣr man lōcie. Sēo stilnes on þǣre dene is sēo ilce stilnes þe þæt tempel fylleþ, orþung gehealdan on tīde ǣr onwrigenesse.
Nā ealle dēagolnessa belimpaþ ān miclum templum oþþe feorrum landsceapum. On bōcstede gebrerdodum mid stānbencum ǣrend sind gehealdene on bediglodum cistum, hira innung āwriten mid carfulre handa. Þā benc sind smēþe mid tīde and hrīne, and þā cistas belūcaþ mid fyllendre wihte. Feþere resteþ be leafe þicces bōcfelles, ābīdigende geþōht þe gīet ne nam gefræge. Sēo stilnes hēr is full, sēo ān styrenes smalu wendung lēohtes ofer brerde stānes.
Tōdæg þū meaht þīnne cycenstān clǣne swāpan ǣr þū morgenmete gearwast, and lǣtan ælc styrenes bēon stæþig and geþōht. Þū meaht ānne tīd leng sittan be þīnum ealdum stānēagþyrle, sceawigende þone weg þe þæt ǣreste lēoht of his brerde blīcaþ. Þū meaht ānne dēagolne hopan on gemyndbōc wrītan, belūcende þone brerd mid rǣdre care, oþþe ābīdan on stilnesse ǣrmorgenes tō hlystenne hwæt under stilnesse styreþ. Þās lȳtlan dǣda streciaþ stilnesse and geþyld þǣre Abbodessan on dæghwāmlīc līf.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Stānhæwen.
Lucky Color: SlateBlue — #6A5ACDDēagolnes abideþ stillīce, and biddeþ ān þīne geþyld.