Sēo niht oferlīcþ þone stānstīpel, ealdne and hēahne, his scearpe scua būtan mid færlīcre ædre līgetes brocen. Se heofon is þunorwolcn, hefig and weallende. On ānum rēþum bræcge sliehþ þæt blice þone hēahstan weallrīm, stān tōclīefende and þone hēahcynehelm clatrigende on þæt ungesewene under. Sēo woruld healt hire ōþm swā lāse stānas feallaþ, forswindende on bēon þe under hiera hryre is. Se lyft is þicce mid stence swā forbærnedes bēames and mid swæcce īrenhefiges rēnes.
On stīpeles fōte is þæt land still and fremde. Hit is sēo tīd þonne hrefnas swīþost waciaþ, hiera fiþera ūp cnyssende of slæpendum feldum, scearpum ēagum sēcende hwæt se storm tōstencde. Þā feldas selfe bīoþ gehȳdede, hiera furh flæt þrungen under hwītele eorþan and sceade. Hwǣr nēah orþaþ colpytt gemynd fȳres, eall āspended fȳr and āspended willa, nū būtan ādimmod scill and scīm unābīegedes stānes. Se willa, bewrogen and still, behāt dēopnesse, his rāp smēþe and ceald þǣre handa, his wæter feorr under edlæcende, dīegol on eorþan gehealdan.
On wege þe þurh þis unstillnes wind, berþ cēapmannes cræt locc clāþes, sweart swā innod nīwe mōnanniht. Se clāþ is gefealden and hefig, fæste gewefen, gemynt byrgennmannes scyrte oþþe wāgrift rūmes þǣr slǣp endemest is. Þæs cēapmannes handa bīoþ besmitene of hīewes handlunge, of inc þe on bōcfell and on bēc is þrungen, of sōte þe setleþ æfter þām lēohtfatum bīoþ ācwenced. Hē geman þā cēapwegas þǣr col biþ gehwierfed, þǣr clūdas picces and terwes bīoþ gehætte tō belūcenne bātas wiþ þæs strēames dīeglum, þǣr obsidiān seax bīoþ on eleclāþum bewundene, scearpe genōg tō clīefenne þā stillnesse selfe.
Begeondan wege, on hege, wexeþ lytel dǣl nihtscade. His berian, glæse and trendele, bīoþ mid fuglum unhrinene, cūþe and forgiten, warnung and behāt. Þǣr be ligeþ þā bittran wyrttruman licorise and sēo dēopsǣde irise, slæpende, anbīdende tīde tō rǣcenne brærd, þæt sum þing ealdne grund tōbrece. Þæs stormes cyme is laþung. Þæt þe wæs bebyrged, þæt þe on cystum and behindan wrigelsum wæs gehȳded, cymþ nū forþ mid unhrēowigendre sweotolnesse. Se cypresse on lictūne hlinþ, mid winde unāstyred, his trunc mearc gemynde and enda.
Innan hāmes biþ se heorþ æfter storme ūt āfeormod. Þā æsce, smæle and lēohtlēase, bīoþ on wyrtūn tōstencede tō fēdenne þæs ōþres tīman molde. Īsencrog sitt on stānum, nū ceald, ac gemearcod and mid þūsend mēteta and hund tōmungum geseasonod, his brærd ǣlce stǣre and ǣlce hungor sūpende. Loccyst, under bedde gehealden, hæfþ bōc on elehȳde gebunden, gemyndmāþm færeldes ofer sǣ būtan mōnan, trendl mid condelsmōce and mid swege feorra bella þe on miste hringdon gefyllede.
Tōniht, æfter līget his weorc dyde, mæg man his agenne heorþ feormian, gaderiende hwæt æfter fȳre belīfþ. Hīe meahton onǣlan sticcan rēcelses of forbærnedum wudu geworhtne, þone smoc mearc lǣtende betwēonan þȳ þe wunaþ and þȳ þe gǣþ. Hit is gōd tīd tō gānne under cypresse and þā wyrttruman sprecan lǣtan, oþþe tō brēowenne cuppan caffe, his sweartnesse on cuppan settlan lǣtende ǣr man dēope drince. Ǣlc dǣd is still oncnāwung þæs þe hryre ætīewþ, þæt sōþ under, anbīdende þæs ōþres anginnes.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Blæc.
Lucky Color: Black — #000000Se grund under healt eall þæt fealleþ, and eall þæt ūpārīsan sceal, and se storm clǣnsige þæt þe gesewen bēon sceal.