Hand on handa standaþ þā līchaman under heofone þe ǣr wæs beorht, nū ādimmod þurh stilnesse endes. Heora fingræcga hōfiaþ nēah, and nǣfre fullīce mētaþ, swā sēo lyft self sīe āþiccod betwēonan him. Se wyrtūn þe ǣr þēah æt heora fōtum is nū brimful mid heardum, þyrnlum stelum and mid byrstigum hēafdum, wyrtum þe nellaþ bēon getemede þurh līþum wordum. Ǣlc stæpe betwēonan þissum mearcweardum is ungewiss and wærig, mearc geworht nā of stāne oþþe of hegge, ac of wildre āþolunge þyrnendra lēafa. On stilnesse bifþ wind þurh, and fēhþ on ecgum ǣlces blōstmes earfoþe gewunnene cynehelmes, and tōstencþ sǣd on unbehātede eorþan.
On feldum begeondan hæfþ lang þēaw gemearcod þās anwillan blōstman ǣgþer wīte and bōt. Racan sægþ be nīetenum forlorenum on hēahlandum, mūþum geblōdgode þurh gīemlēasne bite, and þēah habbaþ hyrdas geleornod sēoþan þā geongan heortan þissa wyrta on broþ, biterne mēte gedǣledne on stilnesse æt fȳre. On lenctene, þonne se wind wierþ hrēaw, bewindaþ yrþlingas heora folman on þiccum līnene tō āwyrtwalianne þā ealdostan stelan, and clǣnsiaþ grund tō hnescran weaxunge. Þēah swā lǣtaþ hīe dǣl unsnidenne æt ecge ǣlces feldes, gīefnesse āþolunge, tācn þām þe forþgāþ þæt sume wyrtruman ne magon bēon genīedede of molde.
Ofer þā mōras, bufan þām stānenum tūnum, þringaþ þās wyrta tōgædere, stillu fierd þe hiht wiþ cōlum rēne. On sumum nihtum setlaþ mist on heora hēafdum, and clifaþ swā dēaw tō þām smælum hǣrum. Sēo lyft weaxeþ hefig, and āswefþ swēg, and ēac þā scēap healdaþ tō þǣre drȳgan healfe þæs hlīþes. On feorrum burgum wyrceaþ þrǣdas of heora brēde rūhne clāþ, scearpne, āþoliendne, gemearcodne tō weorcællum and tō ceapsaccum. Ealdmōddru healdaþ gȳt bund drȳgra stela on hederne, tō wæcenne on weallendum wætere tō drence wiþ sārne þrotan, oþþe tō dȳfenne under matta tō wērienne unrōte swefn.
Þǣr is emnet, þēah hit unēaþe sīe, betwēonan þām þe standaþ sīd be sīdan and þǣre wīsan þe þēos wyrt weaxeþ, nǣfre on smean rǣwum, ā on heaum, ǣlc stela syndrig and þēah tōgædere. Word brecaþ, gefangene þurh þūsend smale þyrnas. Þēah wunaþ se willa bendes. Nēahgebūr læfþ ānne blōstm on windle on þīnum þerscolde, nā for fægernesse, ac for gemynde. Cild gaderaþ sǣd of wege, and blǣwþ hīe on þone wind, and wundraþ hwæt wyrtruman niman wile.
Tōdæg meaht þū gān be forlǣtenum lāfe and gīeman þā ǣrestan þyrnhēafda þe þurh þæt gebroc þringaþ, unhrinene. Þū meaht briwan biterne cuppan of gæres forodum wyrtrumum and dǣlan hine, stillīce, mid sumum þæs word ēac brōcen. Þū meaht dȳfan gedrēodne blōstm on fealdas welgebroces ǣrendes, and bīdan þæs dæges þonne feornes hnescaþ. Oþþe sit æt ēagþȳrele swā ǣfen fealþ, and hlyst tō þǣre stilnesse þe se wind berþ, and læt þā swīge settan būtan ofste tō fyllenne hīe.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Þistelbasu.
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