Æt meres ecge, þǣr wæter ǣr slōg and speglode feorre lēoht, is se grund tōcinen and dust gaderaþ on līnum. Þā fatu, mid willan gesett, wuniaþ, nū īdele, heora lippan drȳge, heora wambas geedlǣcende mid gemynde þæs þe hīe ǣr bǣron. Þā steorran glitiaþ gȳt bufan, fæste and unāhrinede, swelce hīe behealdan ac ne magon nā leng nēalǣcan. Sēo lyft hēr is cōl and anbīdende, and se swīge biþ gehealden mid hefe þinga ungefremedra.
On hēahlandtūne fealþ se dæg ǣr on ǣfen. Þā ealdan hrōfas ātogenes tigelstānes drȳccaþ nēah ætgædere, heora brādnessa rūhe mid gēarum rēnes and cieles. Betwēonan him mearciaþ gesthūsa and hūsa duru ōþer tōdāl, and wegfarend mæg ābīdan, handa restende on smēþum gelædere geworhtum of beorgwuda. On spellum biþ tigelstān ātogen of eorþan mid care, ælc dǣl tōclofen and gescēapen, geweorc þe mearcaþ ǣgþer anginn and sumne ende. Hēr nis tigelstān ānlīce scild wiþ weder, ac gemynd ēa þe ǣr denu curfon, wyrhtena þe sungon þā hīe stān clufon. Þonne se mere on hinder gǣþ and þā fatu īdele standaþ, is þis geheald, cōl, fæst, and þurhwuniende, þæt þe ofer wunaþ.
Bufan wunaþ ǣfen. On norþan gaderiaþ stormas, ātogene mid ungesewenum līnum ofer heofon. Se wind bringþ stenc swā wilde þȳme and wǣtne stān. Sind ǣfenas þonne wolcnu hīe selfe carfullīce niþer settaþ, hacelan āworpene ofer sculdrum feorra beorga. On sumum spellum waciaþ menn æfter swilcum nihtum, gelȳfende þæt stormes ecg is þǣr ǣrend of ealdre worulde faraþ. Se heofon wierþ hlæd, and þā þe heora hyht ofdrīfan gefēldon magon hlystan þone swīgan and gemunan rīt bīdunge. Hwīlum, þonne se rēn slāw biþ tō feallenne, fylgþ unēaþe swīge, geladen stilnes þe fylþ bān īdelra crocca. Nis hit ormodnes, ac sēo ābīdung ǣr wendinge.
On cycene resteþ mortere corfen of ealdum clude on borde, his hefe gewitnes geþyldes. Hēr biþ wyrta gegrundene mid carfulre handa, ālǣtende biternne stenc. Se swēg is ryhtmfæst, geornful, geedlǣcende þone weg þe wæter mihte habban gefaren æt meres ecge. Cōc geman forgengena weorc, þāra þe of stānigum beorgum borgodon, scēapiende ǣgþer tōl and geheald. On dimman set hēo þone mortere on weg, witende þæt gewinn wunaþ ēac þonne wæter lȳtel biþ.
On wildum stōwum sprǣt enebēam niþer tō eorþan, his wyrttruman strange betwēonan stānum, his berige fæste clifiende tō bōge. Hyrdas faraþ forþ, hacelum nēah ātogenum, scōs cnyssende ofer unemnum paþum. Hīe behealdan þone wind āstīgan and wendan, getrȳwende gehælde tigelstānes ūtscēata and þǣm wīsdōme þæt stormas, swā wendinga, ā faraþ. Þonne lēoht þynne biþ, mæg hyrde ābīdan and bēodan swīge grētinge swā hwæt swā wunaþ æt meres ecge, behāt wenunga tō edcieranne þonne þā fatu eft hefigiaþ mid wætere.
Tōniht mæg sum mann settan stān be ēagþyrle, scild wiþ dweliendum þunore. Ōþer mæg sittan stille on gehælde strangra hrōfes, hlysnende æfter forman feorran wealce rēnes. Genōg is tō grindanne feawa telgra þȳman on ealdum mortere, and lǣtan þone stenc wunian. Ær slǣpe mæg mann mearcian līnan īdeles fætes, ongietende þone dæg þonne hit eft hefig biþ mid wætere.
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