Þǣr is niht, lange gemunen, þonne se heofon mid ānum blice biþ tōclofen, and stīpel āna on his hīehþe stent. Þā stānclūdas, of ealdum sīdum ādelfene, heoldon wiþ gearhund wedra and wīga, ac tōniht is ōþer. Þunor hrȳsþ þā eorþan. Þæt līget uncynehelmaþ þone hēahstan weallrīm, þurh weallas tēonde, brȳtsena niþer on þone helan under sendende. Þæt þe inne wæs gehealdan, þā dīeglu, sēo wlencu, sēo wāce heorte, āgȳt ūt on cealde ungescildode þēostre.
Þisse nihte is þæt land ymb þone stīpel feormung stāngræges, hrycg þǣr delferas hwīlum dulfon hrōftiglas and incstānas, þǣr handa on dægrēd geswuncon, and se wind þone opene stān clǣne smēade. Under stīpele is se grund mid gecorfenum brȳtsenum bestrewed, swā sceard brocenes behātes. Þāra delfera tōl hliniaþ wiþ þone sīde, ceilf be healfclofenum sticcan lǣfed, hamor deorc mid weorces gemynde, hwētstān mid carfullum handum gesmēþod. Se hryre edlæcþ þone ealdan cēap, for þȳ þe ǣlc stāngræg hrōf wæs hwīlum of eorþan mid frēcennesse and mid anrǣdnesse ūp āhafen, swā se stīpel wæs getimbrod on geleafan þæt sum þing mihte wiþ storm standan.
Elles, on cycenbēode on feorre ceastre, set wrītere hire cuppan on stāngrægum undersetle and hlyst hū rēn wiþ ēagþȳrel cnucaþ. Hēo geþencþ þone beorgdelf, þā weras and wīf þe on ǣfenne hām ēodon mid dūste on feaxe. On hire bēode ligeþ bōcopener be heape unwritenra nōta, his helfe of þǣm ilcan stāne gecorfen swā þæs stīpeles weallas. Hēo hwerfeþ hine on folme, þā cealdan efene hefigesse gefrēdende, gemynd þæt þing mid þrycce gesceapen bīoþ getrīewe, þēah hīe ne sīen unbrecendlīce. Þǣre ceastere hrōfas, mid ofergelendum tiglum gescildode, þoliaþ þone storm. Under him gaderiaþ men ymb heorþas, croccan hrērende, condella onǣlende, spell ūpāhefnesse and edniwunge hwistlende.
Þonne līget þā niht tōclīefþ, scildiaþ fērendas under stāngrægum ofercyme be ealdum wege. Se lyft is gehladen. Þā forman hefigan dropan feallaþ, of helan āhoppende. Þā fērendas þryccaþ hiera handa tō þǣm cealdan stāne, hiera ansīena āne tīd mid heofones rēþan beorhtnesse onlīhte. Hīe witon þæt beorges helan bīoþ ǣgþer ge helm ge openes, þæt stānes strengu biþ mid þȳ gecȳþed þe hē þolaþ. On æftermǣle stincþ sēo woruld rēnes and tōbrocenra līcna. Se libbenda stān sūcþ þæt wæter, slāwe and geþyldiglīce.
Tōdæg mæg man lytle stōwe on wyrtūne clǣnsian, flæte ēastānas lecgende tō wyrcenne weg, þā delfstōwa and þā timbriendan gemunende. Man mæg ārendgewrit on smēþum brærde wrītan, þone feþer fæste faran lǣtende, swā man ærende on sum þurhwuniende þing agrave. On stormigum ǣfenne sete citel on þrīfet of ealdum beorgum ādelfenum and hlyst þone rēn, swā se hrōf fæste healt. Stæpe ūt æfter þǣm scūre, and gadera lȳtle stānas of wegecge, pūsful gemynda þæt þæt fealleþ mæg eft bēon gegaderod.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Stāngræg.
Lucky Color: SlateGray — #708090Þola þæt weder, and lǣt þæt gehȳdede orþian.