On bēode beforan þām Drȳ restaþ fēower tōl: gierd gecorfen of elebēame, calic blāces bānes, ecg mid hilt geworhtum of tūsce nīetnes lange gewitenre of feldum, and disc gedrēod of ealdum metele. Ǣlc tōl spricþ tō andwiste, and þēah se þe hnescost scīnþ is se calic, gesniden mid geþylde gēarhunda, his brerd gesmēþod þurh manige handa ofer manige cnēorissa. Þis nis cuppe glæses oþþe lāmes, ac ealdes andwistes þe berþ gemynd nīetena þe ǣr fōron þā wīdan ēadeltas under wolcnlēasum heofonum.
Bufan þæs Drȳs hēafde glōwaþ se hringeda bēag ēcnesse swā horizont feorr on wēstene þonne sēo sunne nū ūp gestigen is. Se bēod stent æt ecge begangenes wyrtūnes, þǣr lilian ontȳnaþ æt dægrēd, heora blēda edlǣcende þæt ǣreste līþe lēoht. Hēr ætīewþ se gierd ūp, and tēah inn behāt clǣnes wedres, þonne mist wunaþ ǣr sēo warmþ rīse. Þæs Drȳs ōþer hand rǣcþ niþer, and grundweallaþ þæt mægen on molde, on wyrtrumum blōstmbulba, and on behāte þæs þe gȳt weaxan sceal.
Þurh stǣre hæfþ þæt andwist þe sciepþ þone calic and þǣre ecge hilt gefaren of heortan wuda and of þām feorrestum savannum, boren þurh cēapmenn be windendum ēam tō burgum marmores and rēcelses. On tīde ealdra rīca cwæþ man þæt hit wǣre dēorre þonne seldcūþ wyrtgemang, giefen of folman tō folman swā gafol, oþþe gesniden on cǣga hālgum durum. Se Drȳ gemyneþ swilce þing, hū cræftiga on ēahyþe ǣr drāf lēafhīw on þone brerd, swā þæt hit fēnge candellēoht on stillum rūmum þǣr dīegolnessa wǣron gesprecene. Dēope on ārīfum ealdra mynstra habbaþ wrīteras gehealdon tāfl and cwēnseltol geworht of þām ilcan smēþan andwiste, heora brerdas gebrocene þurh hrepunge cnēorissa.
Myþ sægþ be palente getimbrodum on clife oferseondum endlēasum sandhōlum. Þǣr wæs cynestōl geworht nā of stāne, ac of þām ilcan andwiste swā þæs Drȳs calic, mearc mægenes willan and cræftes ealdordōmes. Æt fōte þæs cynestōles woldon glīwmenn plegian pīpan and clappan gesnidene tō smēþum glēame, heora swēg edlǣcende on clǣnre morgenlyfte swā hīe clipodon wīsdōm niþer of bufan.
On cycene cnysseþ mortere and pestel gesciepene of þām ilcan fruman sǣd and corn, and mengþ eorþlicne stenc wæstmes mid gemynde elpenda and micelra wuda. On clāþcyste biþ camb mid nearwum tōþum, gesniden smēþe, giefen of eldran tō cilde mid blētsungum cræftigum handum and līþum heortum. Ēac on wintra, þonne se wind bewint þæt hūs and se heorþ glōwaþ, resteþ set dominōna, heora andwlitan pricked and cūþe, on oferslage, ǣlc dǣl berende hefignesse feorra landa and geþyld ealdra handa.
Tōdæg mæg mann healdan gemyndþing gesciepen of þissum frumum, and træcan his līnan, and gemunan færeld ealdra raca. Hē mæg briwan tēa on cuppan þe edlæcþ þæs Drȳs calic, and birgan tīd willan ǣr sprǣce. Hē mæg snīþan ēaþe hīw of sāpe oþþe of hnesce trēowe, āriende þone cræft þe gebrycgaþ gemynd and willan. Oþþe hē mæg ontȳnan lēofne pleg, and gefēlan hefignesse and cōlnesse ǣlces dǣles, and lāþian still gelimp intō rūme.
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