Æt ecge swīges meres cnēowlaþ wīf, gēotende wæter of twām croccum, ān strēam eftciernde tō þǣm mere, se ōþer sūpende on þā eorþan. Ymbe hīe styriaþ hreod and swīge siteþ, swelce þæt land self hlyste. Bufan scīnþ micel steorra, ymbstanden mid līþum clustre ōþerra, weorpende hnesce wacol lēoht ofer þā gesihþe. Hit is tīd āhangen betwēonan heofone and wætere, dǣd hyhtes gesceapen: fēdende hwæt grēwþ, gefyllende hwæt forloren biþ.
Sēo woruld hæfþ lange dēorne sumne gim, fundenne on pohhan sǣmanna and wegfarigendra. Spell reccaþ fisceras þe hine lecgodon on heora hrægl ǣr hīe fōron forþ ofer hæfen, gelȳfende þæt hē heolde smyltnesse and behāt sweotolra sǣwa. Cēapmenn on swōgendum sǣcēapstōwum heoldon hine nēah æt handa, wrixlende hine wiþ wyrtum oþþe berende hine hām on corfenum cystum swā hāls tō ungelimpe. On hūsum þǣr sēo lyft stincþ sealtes and flotwudes resteþ ān stān be ēagþyrle, cōl tō hrīnenne, gemynd feorra orrīma and þæs fæstan edcierres flōda.
Hēage on beorgum þǣr snāwmelt fēdeþ þā ēas, wefeþ wæter his weg þurh stān and wyrttruman. On beorhtum morgenum gaderiaþ tūnes menn æt strēames ecge, þweande handa and andwlitan ǣr þæs dæges weorc onginnþ. Cild sēcaþ be rīmum æfter smēþum ceoslum, wendende hīe tō fōnne glit þæs heofones gespeglod on heora brādnessum. On middæge dȳpaþ wyrhtan heora cuppan on þone sweotolan flōw, ātēonde frēfrunge þe þyncþ beran gemynd wintres swīgan and behāt lenctenes. Þās ēas scēapiaþ þone denu, fēdende feldas and orcerdas, mearcigende ryhtm sāwunge and gaderunge.
On hūsum cræftigre webwyrhtena biþ clāþ gesponnen of þrǣdum borenum ofer langum wegum, dēore for hnesnesse and scīman. Scēorfa and sculdorhrægl, mid care gewefen, hangaþ ofer setlum oþþe biþ lēase gebunden æt sweoran, gifa gewrixlede æt gyftum, bletsunga sīþum þe gȳt cuman sceolon. Dǣl þisses clāþes, gefealden and gelegd on cyste, wierþ lāf, of handa tō handa gifen, gefylled mid gewilnungum līþra wendinga and gehælda edcierres. On feorrum cēapstōwum oncnāwaþ wegfarende þæs clāþes glit and gemunan ǣfenas be ēarīman, þonne sēo lyft nēah gefēlde and full ālȳfednesse.
Be sǣrīman gearwiaþ cōcas broþ of sǣwyrtum, sēoþende hīe on lamcroccum oþþæt sēo cycene fylþ mid stence sealtes and clǣnre lyfte. Æfter untrumnesse oþþe on morgene nīwes gēares biþ fæt geboden þǣm þe ednīwunge behōfiaþ, his swæcc milde and geedstaþeliende. On īegtūnum sittaþ croccas gehealdenra sǣsmæcca on hēagum bordum, tō ontȳnenne on syndrigum tīdum, ælc bite swīge blīss hǣle and þurhwununge. Swilce metas gemyndgiaþ ealle þe hīe etaþ þæt fōda mæg āstīgan of dēopum ungesewenum, and þæt strengu oft fylgþ reste.
Þonne rēnscūras forþfaraþ, bereþ sēo woruld hwīlum nīwe sweotolnesse. Polas gaderiaþ on holum stānstæpa, spegligende þone openan heofon, þā fuglas eft flīcgeriaþ, scacende dropan of fiþerum. Āne sceorte tīd gefēlþ eall āclǣnsod, behāt nīwra anginna drīfende on lyfte. Standende on þissum swīgan æfter storme, mæg mann gefēlan willan tō orþienne dēope and tō forlǣtenne þæs dæges ymbhȳgda, tō behealdanne þæs wæteres brādnesse þā hēo siteþ on smyltnesse.
Tōdæg meaht þū healdan smēþne gim on þīnum pohhan tō getrȳwe, oþþe gearwian crocc sǣwyrte broþes and sūpan hine slāwe on swīgum hyrne. Bewind hnesce scēorf ymbe þīne sculdru þā þū ūt stæpest æfter rēne, and lǣt þā nīwan lyft þīn geþōht settan. Sete lȳtelne crocc wæteres be þīnum bedde, swā swīge āþ tō wilcumienne hyht ǣlce morgen.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Meregrēne.
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