On þǣre cartan worulde bīoþ þæs cildes lȳtlan fēt mid dūste gefyllede. Se fana þe hwīlum on windum plegode ligeþ nū slæc, brosc of drȳge, þrǣdas of mōnþum heofona būtan wolcnum tō þynne gewerede. Þæs horses feax berþ grīot, and se weg is on þǣre beorhtnesse forloren, sceade and frōfre bereafod. Hēr nis þæt lēoht līþe smyrels, ac mægen þe tīehþ, eall tō brærde and tō ecgum wyrcende, stōw þǣr wyrttruman winniaþ, and se lyft is tōm fugolcirmes.
On langum drȳgum wege on ealdum lande standaþ lāf boldes. His weallas, gearhundum forgiten, bīoþ mid gemynde cealdnesse gefrætwode. Þǣr is melwes stenc of forgitenum hlāfofne, crūman on þā hellan gegrundene. Se bēod, hwīlum smēþe, is nū þyrelod and drȳge, mǣl manigra mēteta þe under unāblinnendre sunnan wǣron gedǣlede. Wīntrēow streccon hwīlum of stæle tō stæle, ac nū sind hiera healmas brosce, lēaf tō dūste gefeallene. Be þǣm gangwegum belīfþ līnclāþ, mid handum gefefen þe gearahwīlum gewiton, gefealden, hyrnan of ylde gecyrlede and geolwe, still gewita geara heardre sunnan. Ǣlc þrǣd hæfþ dīegol, aspunnen on slāwran tīdum.
On cēapmannes hēdabūre ligeþ cyst ealdra elpendbānhnappa open. Hīe wǣron hwīlum clystra on færeldhræglum, giefen þonne cildru hēahe wēoxon. Þǣr nēah is porselen cuppe on ecge gecorfn, bifiende on ecge tōmes disc, his glæs of slāwum sunbeorhtum æftermiddagum ādyspod. Handfull mandla, on disce forgiten, bīoþ gescruncene and blace. On þǣm heorþbeage sitt drȳge cyrfet, hwīlum for gesǣlnesse āhangen, nū tōclofen and āblācnod, his sǣd on winde of þǣre dura hrymiende.
Fērendas cumaþ tō þisse stōwe be sǣ, hyhtende elesbēama sceade. Ac þā bōgas sind þynne. Þā stānas under fōtum bīoþ cealcige and hāte. Hīe styriaþ slāwe, sēcende lytle frōfre. Ufan him is se heofon wīd, unbrocen. Hwīlum āstīhþ dūst þonne se wind cymþ, lēohtlīce on eallum settlende, smæl fell ofer croccan, oferslege, and þone latostan sumeres hwǣte þe inne is gehealden. Stæpe æfter stæpe þrycþ se gang þā ealdan scōs tō þynne, hiera ila mid endelēasum lāste tōslitene. Ēac se hlāf, þæs morgenes gebacen, hrēoseþ hrædlīce, his rind brosc, sēo wǣte tō þæs dæges hātan ōþunge gewiten.
On swilcum wedre leorniaþ men stillnesse weorþ. Wæter biþ mid cuppan āmeten. Windel ægra sitt on scelfe, scilla mid dūstlicum blēo ādyspode. Se hund cyrlþ under geweofe, nosu on pāwum gedōn, ǣfenes anbīdende. On feldum is se āna swēg se sōfta clic hleapena, hiera sang edlæcende swā tō gemynegienne þæt þis is eald spell, and sēo sunne wæs simle ǣgþer ge geniht ge byrþen.
Tōdæg mæg man bīegas of līnclāþe ūt þryccan and hine be ēagþȳrele ceolian lǣtan, oþþe hīredes metebōc ontȳnan tō bacenne hlāf mid hefigre rinde. Hit is gōd dæg tō bētanne scyrte þe hnapp losode, oþþe tō onscillenne mandlas ān æfter ānum, and hīe mid stillre geþylde etan.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Eald hwīt.
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