Ān bellstīpel stent, gearhundum, ofer ealdum stāntūne. His hyrnan bīoþ fēowerecgede, his ecga mid winde gecorfene. Se stīpel behēt hwīlum warnung. Of his ēagþȳrelum wæs smoca wacod, stormas metene, innherjas mid nihteweardum gesewene. Ac nū nȳhst ne hringde sēo belle inne. Þā cīnan spinnaþ dēopre, and þēah clifiaþ þā stānas on ungewisre hænge, swā þæt eall mæge gȳt stīpel bēon gehāten swā lange swā his nama wunaþ. Þǣr sind stōwa swā þisse on ecge norþernra fena, þǣr se weder ǣgþer ge warnung ge yldung þēnaþ. Lange ǣr þunor þone heofon tōclīefþ, hangþ lāg wrigels wolcnes ofer þǣm mersce, hrōfas and feldas on stillnesse þryccende. Stān and heofon, bēgen dīeglu behindan wrigele healende.
On þisses landes mȳþe is se stīpel nā þæt ān wæccen ac wiþsacung, wiþerung tō oncnāwenne þone sōþan gemet hearmes. Þǣr is spell þæt æfter miclum fȳre cyrdon þā tūnwaran nā tō edtimbrunge, ac tō understutenne þone āmyddedan stīpel mid bēamum of scipbrosnum and hegum gegaderodum. Hīe mētton ofer þone sōt, and hīe clūtodon þā hola mid līme of hrēosendum cotum gegaderodum. Þā bellan wǣron of fundenum lāfe eft gegotene, hiera hīew unefne ac hiera nyt unāwanod. Ēac nū ārist þæs stīpeles scua ofer ēa, his ūtmearc ungewiss wiþ ǣfenne þonne þæt lēoht wanaþ and eall tōgædere gǣþ on hefigne ǣfen, nā niht ne dæg.
Be ōferum gaderiaþ hrēod þicce, hiera healmas brosce of þæs ærran gēares flōdum. On morgenne faraþ fisceras ǣr sunnan, hiera bātas slīdende þurh mist þe nēah ofer wætere sitt. Hiera scōs, mid manigum tīdum on lāme and æsce ādrȳgede, beraþ mearce þurhwununge, rūh lām on ǣlcne feald þrungen, colfloccas on sēamas gegrundene. Hīe bringaþ hiera feng hām on ealdum tincroccum, cnyssedum and mid gearum on rēne lǣfdum ādyspodum, gemynd þæs þe hwīlum beorhte glōwde on heorþes lēohte. Þā hūs secgaþ ēac þis spell, hrōftiglas mid tīde and wedre gesmēþode, heorþstānas mid sōte and carfullum handum āgrafene.
Inne gaderiaþ hīreda ymb īsenofnas, swilce þe cneorda warmodon. Þǣr sind spell storma þe nēah þone hrōf namon, and spell þæs weardes þe nǣfre his stede ne forlēt, ēac æfter þǣre belle geswāc tō hringenne. Ǣlcne ǣfen, swā se wind þā oferslege þrycþ, rǣcþ sum mann tō ealdum wullhwītele, of flīese scēapa aspunnen þe þone beorgsīde ǣr flōde lǣswodon. His þrǣdas bīoþ þicce, blēo rēnwǣtes stānes, and hē āswefþ þā woruld ūte. Þæt lēohtfæt on bēode biþ mid cnyssedum citele gescildod, his brærd mid gearum on lige gebregdod. Þǣr is frōfor on þǣm gewunelīcan, on swammum of wudecge gegaderodum, on hlāfe on stāne gebacenum, on feþere þe stærling behindan lēt, þone tōcumendan storm flēonde.
Tōdæg, gif þū wille þæs stīpeles laþunge andswarian būtan þū þē hryre anþanges, meaht þū gān be ealdum wege, þā cīnan on þǣm stānlæste mid scōs tān metende. Þū meaht īsenpannan feormian oþ his brærd þæt gedēafode heorþlēoht edlæce, oþþe wullscyrfe be ēagþȳrele bētan swā þū hlyst feorres þunores sang. Sete smēþne ēastān on þīnum bēode, tācn þæs þe under hweorfendum heofone þurhwunaþ.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Dimgræg.
Lucky Color: DimGray — #696969Þæt hlinþ, mæg gȳt standan, and ēac on stillnesse geman sēo belle hire weorc.