On bēode gesettum on þæs Drȳs wyrtūne scīnaþ fēower tōl under morgens sunnan: smæl stæf, scēalig fæt, scearp ecg, and flæt disc. Sēo lyft is scearp mid anbīdunge. Sumhwǣr betwēonan eorþan and heofone gebēacnaþ þæs Drȳs hand ūp and niþer, and his willa gebrycgaþ worulda. On þǣre clǣnan lyfte scimeriaþ gewisnessa, swā sōceres swefn ǣr scimerode on ēagum þāra þe ofer landfyrhþ fōron, fylgende behāte behȳdedum on ēabotmum and on muntum.
Lange ǣr mynet bǣron ǣniges hlāfordes andwlitan, sēaton menn æfter māþme on hrædum muntes burnum, heora fingras āslāwode mid cyle and mid hyhte. Ān clūd, gefangen on seohhan, mihte hwirfan mannes wyrd, and giefan mægen tō scieppenne his āgen līf. Þā ealdan goldsmiþas sōhton tō drīfenne sunnanlēoht on metel, and āgēafon gēar þǣre ēhtnesse, and gelīefdon þæt cræft swilcre hweorfunge wǣre se cǣg tō ontȳnenne nā metel ānum ac þisse worulde behȳdede laga. Þēos ēhtnes næs be welan ānum ac be willan, þām mægne þe gelimp bīegþ.
On burgestrǣtum þāra naman mynegiaþ feorra fundunga wiegaþ cēapmenn meteldiscas on carfullum wǣgum, and træcaþ cnēoris onbæc tō þām ǣrestum gedrēodum dǣlum gewrixledum be Seolces Wege. On palentum and on sprǣchūsum fēhþ smæl filigran þæt lēoht, gewrīþen þurh geþyldigum handum on hīw gelīc bēamum, feþerum, oþþe feldum cornes. Tō āgenne swilc weorc mǣnde færeld, hād, oþþe gehealdsumnesse, ac ǣlc þing ongan on eorþan, of ōre geslegen and þurh hæte geclǣnsod. Þæs Drȳs mynet, þēah ēaþe æt ǣrestre gesihþe, berþ gēarhund gewinnes, cēapes, and willan.
Elles weaxeþ ōþer cyn galdres on orceardum þǣr lates sumeres wæstm hangþ hefig. Bōgas þearlaþ under hefignesse æppla and pera, heora fella gebrūnode þurh wucan on sunnan. On ealdum racum wǣron æpplas gebodene swā lēan, tācn mægenes oþþe sibbe, wæstm behātes and genihtes. Cyningas wēron bēagas gewefene mid metele and mid lēafum. Cempan sōhton lāwerbēagas, þone libbendan getwisan þæs Drȳs cynehelmes. Ēac on cycene findeþ wæstmblēo weg on handa: hunig flēow of bēobrēde, þicce and swōt, his scīma lēan geþyldigra bēona.
Wolcnlēase æftermiddagas bringaþ hwīlum uncuþ weder. Sunnanlēoht gȳt þurh þā hēan lyft, and hrīnþ feldas and hrōf. Æfter rēne fōþ polas þone scīman, and ane tīd þyncþ sēo woruld gehwirfed. Wegfarendas on ealdum herestrǣtum fylgdon ǣr þissum lēohte, and gelīefdon þæt hit wolde lǣdan tō ende earfoþe, oþþe tō anginne sumes nīwes. Willa āna ne behēt cyme, ac hē scōp ǣlcne stæpe.
Tōdæg mæg mann dropian mynet on wiscburnan and hwisprian willan, oþþe læfan hlāf mid hunige begotenne nēahgebūre. Tō clǣnsienne mæstlingcandelstæf oþ hē scīne, oþþe tō settanne ānne æppel on bēode, sind smale dǣda þe mynegiaþ þæs Drȳs behāt: þæt þe bufan is geþēodeþ þām þe beneoþan is, and þā tōl æt handa andswariaþ þǣre heortan stillum bebode.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Gold.
Lucky Color: Gold — #FFD700Hweorfunga onginnaþ mid willan tō dōnne, and smale gebēacnunga healdaþ gēarhund galdres.