Twēgen līchaman standaþ tōgædere under stilnesse ǣfenes, and þæs wyrtūnes ealde stānweall betwēonan him and þǣre worulde. Heora handa hangaþ nēah ōþrum ac nǣfre hrīnaþ, and sēo lyft is hefig mid uncwedenum þingum. Wæstm hangþ bufan him, þæs æpples fell unhrinen, costniende ac nǣfre gecoren. Se heofon streceþ bufan on swīge, heorr būtan steorrum, and hielt on his brǣdo þā sārnesse worda uncwedenra. Hīe sind nēah genōg tō gefēlenne ǣlces ōþres orþ, ac se feor is wīd, swā se sǣsund betwēonan īeglandum mid miste bewrogenum.
On ealdum racum scufon fisceras heora bātas ūt lange æfter sunnansetle, and sōhton þone miclan feng under stillum heofone. Sēo sǣ on þisse tīde is dēop and dīegol, and hīedeþ ǣgþer hire wela and hire frēcennes, and þā menn rōwaþ on stilnesse, heora lēohtfatu belocen, gelǣdde ānum þurh þā līne þǣr wæter mēt þā niht. Tō ofergānne swilcne brerd is getrīewan stilnesse, nǣnne stæpe forþ niman and þēah bēon boren sumhwǣr. Þǣr is cyn anbīdunge on þām færeld, geþyld þe nāhtes bitt and lȳt āgiefþ.
Feorr fram waroþe hringaþ mynsterbellen tō æfensange. Sēo hnesce wull þāra muneca hrægla gaderaþ cōlnesse ǣfenes, and sēo gebrocene gebedbōc þyncþ hefig on handa. Hit is sēo tīd þonne ēac þā candela birnaþ lāg, and se sang is þrǣd getogen þurh þā þicciendan stilnesse. Ǣlc brōþor cwiþ his dǣl, ac þā word forweorþaþ intō þām ealdum stānum, ādrorene ǣr hīe ōþre ēare rǣcen. Sēo bōchern begeondan þām clūstre hielt gerǣda and dīegolnessa, and se nearwa gang scimerþ smēþe mid gemynde blæces, dīegolnessa gesealde gēarhundum innan heora bendum.
Elles bīegþ ān swealwe ofer þone ǣfen, and forwyrþ betwēonan hrōfum and þǣre hweorfendan ecge nihte. On byrig beneoþan fealdaþ clāþcēapmenn lengo gedēages seolces on heora bēodum, and wealcaþ hīe smēþe under lēohtfatum þe mā sceade weorpaþ þonne lēoht. On gewederodum stæpum bīdeþ crocc gedrēodra wīngerda tō bēonne ingenumen tō æfengeþeote, unhrinen, swæc dēopiende swā se ǣfen ācōlaþ. Se heofon bufan hielt hefignesse feorres þunores, storm gangende slāwe ofer þone horizont, his cyme ungewiss, his behāt ungefylled.
On stilnesse lȳtles rūmes resteþ ǣrendgewrit on wrītbrede, ǣlc līne carfull, se feþer on sīd gesett ǣr þǣm endenextan cwide. Þæt ēagþȳrel is open tō nihte lyfte, and se wāgrift styreþ mid þǣre ilcan stilnesse þe fylþ rūmas betwēonan gecwedenum wordum. On þǣre scele ligeþ gebrocen sōþsēcendes bōc unontȳned, hire racu gestilled æt sēne þǣr se andswaru hōfaþ nū būtan rǣce. On stapole sitt croccen cuppe ācōliende, stēam nā leng rīsende, bīdende þæs drinceres eftcyme.
Þū meaht gān under þām endenextan glēame ǣfenes, and lætan stilnesse settan būtan nīede andswara. Gif þū hæfst ǣrend unsendod, dȳf hit under hefignesse ealdre bēce, and læf hit ōþre niht. Þū meaht wæcan cuppan tēas and drincan hine slāwe nēah ēagþȳrele, and lætan þā lyft āweg beran geþōht ungefylledra sprǣca. Oþþe feald hnesce hwītel æt fōte beddes þā hwīle þe þū hlyst æfter ǣrestre hrepunge rēnes on hrōfe.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Midnihthæwen.
Lucky Color: MidnightBlue — #191970Standa stillīce on þǣre stilnesse, for se andswaru cymþ līþe, gif hē cymþ.