Ōþer niht siteþ on þone pæþ, swilc niht þǣr þǣre blæsan līeg ne giefþ frōfor, and þæt swēg fōta, tamra and wildra, gemilt on ānne swēg. Þā cūþan gangwegbōgas þǣre carte biþ forswolgene mid niþrum miste, hnesce swā eald felt on winterhacele, hangende betwēonan gemynde and forgitenesse. Wegfarend stent æt mersclandes ecge, þǣr sēo eorþe giefþ under fōte, and populum and wiliges ymbhwyrft meltan on hiw þe ne andswariaþ nānum naman þe hē cann. Nis hit ne tīd gewisnesse ne swefna, ac sum þing betwēonan, swelce se mōna self his andwlite āwende and lēte þone mist þā woruld nīwe wrītan.
Hēr biþ þæt þe forþ ligeþ gemeten nā on lēohte ne on sceade, ac on hefigum hefe tigelstānes ofer hyrdes cotlife, slīpor mid rēne þe gȳt ne geswāc. Se hrōf healdeþ dīeglu þāra þe inne sind, ac giefþ nāht þǣm steorrum bufan. Þā nēah feldas, ǣr gemearcode mid furum and mearcstānum, healdaþ nū nāht būton gemynd sulha and þone swīgan hrist þāra wyrttruma þe grōwaþ niþer tō eorþan and þēoþ þǣr se molde þynne biþ. Þæs wegfarendan handa findaþ þone helan ealdes wyrtūnsades, þæs cynnes þe wæs forlæten ūt þurh tīda, his brādnes gerūhod mid gēara niht dēawes þe sæt on līþum scēatum. Þæs sades ecg, ādulod mid tīde and brūce, is se ilca swā se stān þe līnaþ forgitenne wylas æt feorrum ende þæs landes, stōwe þǣr sēo brādnes cōl biþ ēac on middæge, and þæt wæter niþer berþ swæcc eorþan and lange bebyrgedes rēnes.
Gemynd sīhþ on þās tīd þurh þā cræftas þe tūnas and ceastra scēopon: þā stāngrafwyrhtan þe clufon þone tigelstān of beorgum, and sendon geedlǣcunge þurh denu. Þā hrōfwyrhtan þe lecgaþ ælcne dǣl mid gelǣredum ryhtme, heora slīefum bestuntum. Þā stānwyrhtan þe corfon þā þerscoldas þe gȳt standaþ þonne þā wegas sind āþwogene. On norþan cumaþ fisceras eft æt ǣfne and āhōþ heora nett on ealdum hōcum gehameredum on hæfenes stānweorce, witende þone hefe cumendes wederes on þāra wolcna setlunge. On wīdum rēnigum ceastrum onginnaþ morgenas mid slāwre orþunge wænes cræta and þǣm hefigum hacelum þe þā beraþ þe bīdaþ on þǣm stede. Ælc þissum, hrōf and tōl and stān and gewederod clāþ, gehēraþ þǣm ilcan cynne, þurhwuniende þurh tīda and mist and þā ungewisnesse þe cymþ þonne līnan blendaþ and þæt land wīesnaþ his dīeglu tō giefenne.
Tōniht forswelgþ se mist þone pæþ forþ oþþæt hē biþ swā unfæst swā þæt spell þe ealdmōdor oþþe ealfæder rehte, gereht on heorþes swīgan. Se ealda hund on geardes āhefþ his nosu and ne cann secgan hwæþer þæt hiw þe færþ forþ ofer hege sīe mǣg oþþe fremde. Sēo lyft swæccþ feorres þunores, þæs cynnes þe cymþ on þǣm lǣstum tīdum ǣr dægrēde. Eall þæt ofer biþ is tō rǣcenne æfter þǣm þe þurhwunaþ: þæt smēþe gefēl tigelstānes undercuppes wearmigende under crocce, se getrȳwa hefe stānfætes gebrocen tō morgenātum, þæt geheald regnscildes forlætenes be duru, gefæstnod tō wedre þe hine self ne bodaþ. Þis sind þā þing þe wuniaþ þonne gewisnes ofslīdeþ, and naman tōmyltaþ on miste.
Tōdæg meaht þū settan þīne handa on stānwāg and gefēlan þā cōlnesse þe giestrandæges rēn forlēt. Wrīt ǣrende on tigelstāne oþþe on wel geborenum mearcblæde, getrȳwende wordum tō healdenne andgiet ēac þonne se weg forþ unswotol biþ. Hlyst æfter rēnes swēge on hrōfe, and wite þæt, swā se sad oþþe se stān, þū eart gehealden mid þǣm þe þurhwunaþ ēac þonne sēo niht lang biþ.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Deorc stāngræg.
Lucky Color: DarkSlateGray — #2F4F4FOn miste bīdeþ se pæþ tō nīwre nemninge, and tōniht sīe þurhwunung þīn lēohtfæt.