Þæs cildes hīew, hwīlum beorht ofer þǣm horse, mylt nū under þǣre beorhtnesse, his sceadu mid unāblinnendum þrycce middæges ādilegod. Sunnanblōstmena blēd forscrincaþ wiþ þone weall, hiera ansīena ne magon āwendan. Ēac se langa weg, gewunelīce swā wilcuma, þyncþ āfeallan and āblǣcan under þǣre unāblinnendan hǣte, his ecga on dūst tōgān. On þissum lēohte biþ ǣlc dǣl ātīewed and on þǣre ilcan tīde ǣlc dēopnes gesmēþod. Fōtlāstas þe behindan belīfaþ bīoþ hrædlīce mid winde ādilegode, and se ymbhwyrft self forswinþ on scīmre.
Þis is land þǣr se clāþ on bēode, hwīlum mid smælum loccum gewefen, nū forgiten ligeþ, brosc swā bōcfell. Hit nis nīwe clāþ, ac sum þing gefealden gehealdan on grunde ealdmōdor wuducystes, lāf of giftum, of fulwihte, oþþe of sumum ōþrum hīredes spelle. Hwīlum brōcodon carfulle handa þæt andgiet, dīeglu on ǣlcne cnyttel and ǣlcne bīeg cnyttende, gemynt tō þurhwunienne þurh cneorda Sunnandaga mēteta and sumeres symbla. Nū, tō lange þǣre sunnan open, wierþ hit brosc, þā þrǣdas healende ac mid ǣlcre yste þe on ēagþȳrel gǣþ geþrēate. Þǣr is fægernes on his þolunge, and ēac sār tō witenne þæt hit tō swilcre rēþnesse næs gemynt.
Sēo drȳgnes crīepþ ǣghwǣr. On cycene cineþ se hlāf swā hē biþ gesniden, crūman tōstencende ofer þone āblācnodan wrigels. Ēac se ealda porselen tēaset, þe hwīlum under morgen sunnan glōwde, þyncþ āþyrsted, his glæs mid unāblinnendum lyfte ādyspod. Ǣlc þing on hūse fēhþ þone ilcan weredan blēo, se loccode handclāþ on cyste, se yrfweardnes bēodryne, þā wāgrift fæste tōgen wiþ þæt lēoht. Ūte is se wyrtūnweg mid blacum stānum gefrætwod, mid tīde gesōftod, lǣdende tō gewedrodre bence þǣr nān mann ne sitt ǣr ǣfenne. Sēo molde is tō dūste geworden, tō drȳge þæt fōtlāstas wunien.
Fērendas þe þurh þās stōwe fēraþ wīpiaþ hiera brūwa and ætstandaþ tō cnyssienne þæt dūst of hiera scōm. Hīe gemunan spell ealdra tūna on ecge þæs feldlandes, þǣr sēamsteras and webbas hwīlum gaderodon, dīeglu and fers cēapiende þā hwīle þe se lyft ūte scīmrode. On þǣm dagum wæs loccod clāþ mid handum geworht on nearum weorcstowum, se lyft gefylled mid sāpes and stearces stence, and stefna edlēcdon on þǣm strǣtum. Nū belīfaþ būtan brȳtsena, cræftes lāf, āweg gedōn and of lēohte gehealden.
Þēah sind wegas tō findanne frōfor on þissum lande. Tōdæg mæg man ealdne loccodne clāþ of cyste niþer niman and hine līþelīce on bolle cealdes wæteres wǣtan, þā cnyttelas slāwian lǣtende and þā andgitu eft ætīewan. Gang on latum æftermiddae, þonne þæt dūst setleþ and sēo sunne behindan weall slīdeþ, mæg dēopnesse and feornesse eft bringan þe on middæge forwurdon. Ārendgewrit on þiccum andefnum brede, carfullīce gefealden and mid tōslitenum tæppan gebunden, mæg gemynegian stillnesse besceadwodra rūma and frōfre þinga þe mid handum sind geworht. And þonne sēo hǣtu wunaþ, mæg mægeþes drenc and setl be openum ēagþȳrele tīd bēodan tō gemunenne þā spell behindan ǣlcum þinge, and þā handa þe hīe scōpon.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Eald līnhwīt.
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