Se Stīpel

Hēah stīpel, þe wæs fæst, is mid færlicum mægne geslegen, and his wācnes is open. Þā wīsdōmas þe tō hēah timbrodon, þā hæfdon heardne grund of ēaþe oþþe of ofermōde.

Ne fealleþ eall. Þæt þe fealleþ, þæt sind þā weallas þe þē fram þǣre worulde heoldon. Se grund wunaþ, and on him mæg man standan þonne se dūst ligeþ.

Tōdæg ontȳn ān ēagþȳrel on þīnum getimbre, ǣr se storm hit þē ontȳne. Sēo færlicnes is ēac lāþung. Hēo ætīewþ þæt þe þā locen duru heoldon.

Æfter þām līgette meaht þū willan þone stīpel eft timbrian swā hē ǣr stōd, and ǣlcne stān settan on þā ealdan hīehþe. Oþþe ege þæs nīwan hryres þē lǣrþ ǣlcne cīnan belūcan, and þā wōh behȳdan.

Onwend, sēo hweorfung stent, and se þrēa wexþ inne. Þæt þe sceolde feallan, þæt hielt gȳt þæt hrōf. Sēo ealde hefignes wunaþ, for þȳ þe þū hīe nelt forlǣtan.

Tōdæg oncnāw þæt þe is ǣr gefeallen. Ne hræda tō efttimbrunge, ne tō behȳdinge. Ān oncnāwen dǣl þæs hryres giefþ rūm þǣre sōþan nīwunge.