Niht glit ofer wæter þā se flōd inwealceþ, farende betwēonan twām swīgum stīpelum. Se pæþ hēr nis fullīce sweotol, bewrogen on hnesce ungewissum lēohte. Hund and wulf ābīdaþ on strande, bēgen nīetenu wacole tō wendingum on þǣre lyfte, ān tam and ān wilde, bēgen under teone sumes yldran þonne gemynd. Bufan biþ heofones lēohtfæt bewrogen mid slāwum wolcnum. Þā lāmbred and þā ceoslas glitiaþ þā þæt wæter on hinder gǣþ, and ætīewaþ weg þe þyncþ nāhwer oþþe ǣghwǣr æt ānum cyrre.
Hwǣr on norþernum beorgum biþ gelaegode stānas tōclofene of ealdum stāngrafum. Þās stānas, heard swā ealde āþas, habbaþ cotlifa hrōfas and wyrtūnwāgas gehealden manig hund gēara. Fisceras cunnun heora hefe mid gefēle, and metan hine tō þǣm tōlum þe hlimmas of scipum screpaþ. Forþ ofer feldas mearciaþ þās tōbrocenan stānas þā hǣþ, þǣr sēo lyft ceald biþ and se wind berþ rēnes stenc. Hēr, under mōnan swelce tōniht, habbaþ tūnes menn gegaderod þurh cneorissa. Spell biþ ymbe boren æt bēode þǣr se ealda tēsetl sitt, his brādnes geglased tō līþum scīman, and gemyngaþ þone smalan ǣfen ūte.
Se pæþ betwēonan stīpelum is se þe nihtweardas gāþ and þā þe dīeglu healdaþ. On ceastre clifaþ se ilca blēo on hēagum tigelstāne hrōfa, þǣr cēolswēpas hwīlum worhton æt dægrēde. Cēolas and tigela healdan dīegle wyrtūnas, croccas fīola gedrȳcnede tō glæse þǣr þæs mōnan scīma biþ gefangen and gehealden. On swilcre nihte sind cēapstōwa belocene, ac behindan scyttelum bīdaþ hræglwyrhtena clāþas gefealdene on borde. Þis is se blēo gecoren tō sumre fylle, līniende cysta and hacelan, swelce tō scildenne wiþ ciele oþþe tō healdenne hwistlunge inne his fealdum. Under þǣm clāþe biþ ǣrendgewrit gehȳded, gedrȳcnede blēda, oþþe mynet tō wendinge.
Gefyrn wæs se ilca blēo dēore cēapmannum þe cēapodon be sǣrīman. Dēagas gebrowene of wildum wyrtum beþwōgon handa and tunnan, and se blēo dēopode þā hē drȳgde on ǣfenlyfte. Sǣmanna scēorfa and cumbol wǣron of him geworht, þæt ēac on mistigum morgenum æt sǣ heora scipu mihton bēon cūþe frēonde and fremdum. On feorran weollan stormas ofer þone orrīman, heora þunor gehnesced mid miste, heora frēcen gefrēden ac nā gȳt gesewen. Þæt weder on swilcum nihtum wæs ungewiss, sēo eorþe slīpor mid dēawe, and þæt ānlīce gewis wæs behāt þæs edcierendan flōdes.
Tōniht is þæs mōnan glēam ungewiss, ac hē mearcaþ ecge pæþes on stāne and wolcne and clāþe. Tō ārianne hine mæg mann gān under þǣm stīpelum þǣr sēo nihtlyft ceald biþ and þā stānas sind gesmēþode mid hundgēara fære. Mann mæg te gebrēowan on þǣm yldestan crocce, and lǣtan þone stēam āstīgan on þǣre swīgan cycene. Ōþer mæg cyst ontȳnan and findan scēorf, fylle and eald, þone stenc drȳgre hǣþe gedrȳcnedne on his fealdum. Oþþe, on þǣm swīgan ǣr dægrēde, magon fingras mearcian þone hrycg tigelstānes hrōfes, and sēcan þā stōwe þǣr se rēn ā wunaþ.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Stānhæwen.
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