Þā Lufiendan, āteohene mid hēafde niþer, standaþ swā twēgen līchaman on stillre cycene æt ǣfen. Se bēod betwēonan him is gesett, ac þā discas wuniaþ unhrinene, and edlæcaþ þā stilnesse þe on rūme gesett is. Ūte is sēo strǣt bewrogen on miste lates Nouembris æfterns, þæs wedres cyn þe bewrīhþ ǣgþer getimbru and bōgas, and læfþ hȳd burgsōtes on ǣlcum ēagþȳrelsetle. Sēo lyft is cōl and berþ stenc rēnes þe gȳt ne feoll, behātende and wiþhealdende, and sēo woruld begeondan glæse þyncþ dwinan æt hire ecgum.
On ealdum ēadenum seglodon cēapmenn ǣr mid spelterenum mynetum on poccum, and sōhton færeld þurh burga gedrungene nēah wætere. Þā mynetu hlinodon tōgædere swā þā āswefedan word þāra twēgra æt bēode, willan borene healfweges, geþōhtas forcorfene ǣr hīe þone ōþerne waroþ hrīnen. Betwēonan him ligeþ rygen hlāf, his rind rūh and spreclode, bēodende fōdan, gif sum wolde æfter him rǣcan. Ān nimþ pestel, gesmēþodne þurh gēar brūces, and strīcþ his handfæc ac ne mēt þæs ōþres gesihþe. Se mortere sitt hefig and unāstyred, gefylled mid piporcornum þe wuniaþ uncnyssede, heora scearpnes innan belocen.
Bufan heorþe bīdeþ cetel, his stȳlene līc ādimmod þurh tīde, nā leng fōnde þæt lēoht. Hit is þæs cynnes fæt þe wāt be anbīdunge, be ācōlunge, be wordum þe nǣfre fullīce weorþaþ stēam. On nīehstan rūme slincþ wyllen hwītel ofer earm setles, þæs cynnes þe hyrdas bǣron ofer mistigum mōrum, his gewef hefig and ānfeald, bēodende warmþe ac nā lāþunge. Se heofon begeondan ēagþȳrele is hrof wolcna, hangende hefig and lāg, þæs cynnes þe sǣmenn ǣr sceawodon þonne sēo lyft wæs hefig and se wind heold his orþ.
On muntūne drīfaþ stānwyrhtan handa ēastānas on heorþ, heora brerdas nāþer smēþe ne rūhe, ac ā cūþe under his fingrum. Hē wyrcþ on stilnesse, and sciepþ hām þe tōwearda stilnessa scildan sceal, þæs cynnes þe setlaþ betwēonan mannum swā unontended lēohtfæt betwēonan uncuþum æt wegstalūne. Þā hwīle, on forgitenum hyrnum þǣre byrig, gaderiaþ hēapas ealdes nīwgewrites dūst, word fæste belocen, trametas nǣfre gewende, racan þe nǣfre fullīce rǣcaþ heora hȳreras.
Þām þe biþ gefangen on stillum rūme betwēonan dǣde and dōme sind lȳtel þing wyrþe tō cunnienne. Mann mæg settan tēapott on heorþ and bīdan oþ hē wearme, and hlystan æfter ǣrestre hweorfunge his stilnesse. Ōþer mæg rǣcan æfter hlāfe, and brecan hine, and lætan þā rinde tōstencan, lāþung geboden būtan wordum. Oþþe mann mæg bewindingan þone hwītel fæstor and sittan æt ēagþȳrele swā se mist in wealceþ, and findan stilnesse on dǣde wæcce. Ēac sēo dǣd myneta tōsceadunge, tō lecgenne hīe on rǣwe, tō hēapienne, tō gefēlenne heora hefignesse, mæg mearcian anginn ōþres cynnes sprǣce.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Dimgræg.
Lucky Color: DimGray — #696969Þis is blēo stillra feorna, worda þe bīdaþ tō bēonne gecweden, and standaþ tōgædere þēah sēo stilnes wunige.