Scearp stīpel þurhwunaþ on feornesse, þēah cīnan ūp his sīdas crupon and se lyft sīe þicce mid stillnesse þe æfter līgetslæge fylgþ. Þæt wēsten nis gȳt niþer hreosende, ac inne sageþ se ealda endebyrd under his āgenre wērigan hefigesse. Þæt folc under ne gesihþ þæs stormes sōþe sceade. Hīe feormiaþ þā stæpas and healdaþ þā duru belocene wiþ wedre, þæt standende fæsten nemnende, ēac swā se līm slāweþ. On stīpeles sceade strecþ þæt land ūt, lāg emnet of hweorfendum dūste and of getredenum gærsse, þǣr heordas hwīlum hiera hīew on æftermiddæg þrȳcdon and sēo eorþe ǣlces fōtlāstes spell heold.
Þǣr nēah wyrcaþ sūteras on openum, stenc hǣlendra hȳda þurh wind þrǣdende. Hiera handa bīoþ wearrige, gleaw on ealdre wīsan tō hweorfenne nītenhȳd on sum nyt þing, scōs, hrægl, codda, and gyrdlas. Þā fatu bīoþ on grund gesett, mid blacum weredum stānum gefōdrod, and þæt geswinc gebyraþ þǣm þe witon hū man anbīde, hū man þurhwununge of forwordennesse wringe. Sūteres cēap is geþyld, wīse wæsces, screapunge, and wǣtunge, getrēow þæt þæt forworden þyncþ sceal eft hāl and strang bēon gedōn, ēac swā hit āfre biþ gehweorfed. Þā hrægl þe ūte bōþes hangaþ habbaþ sūpen spell ǣlcre handa þe hiera tæppas cnytte, and þēah on ecgum tōsliten, þēowiaþ þās hrægl swā scildas wiþ scearpum tōþum worulde. On stillum tīdum sprecaþ þā sūteras sōfte, hiera stefna on endebyrdnesse āgotenes wæteres and clǣnlīce āspennedra hȳda gewefene.
Begeondan tūne hweorfeþ þæt emnet tō ēaōfere þǣr wilde gærs on winde tōgædere hliniaþ. Þā healmas bīoþ drȳge, hearde, and gebīgedlīce, bīgende ac nā brecende swā hīe tīda wedriaþ. Hyrdas bringaþ hiera eowde hider on blacum morgenlēohte, scōs dūstige and sculdurhrægl nēah getogene, hiera nȳtenum hwistlende. Þā scēap snūdaþ þurh healmas, sēcende hwæt æfter þæs ærran gēares flōdum belāf. Þæt gærs nis welig, ac hit þurhwunaþ, and þā hyrdas geleornodon drȳge scēafas tō mattum tō reste cnyttan, oþþe windlas wefan tō berenne glēda hām of fȳre. Ofer gearhund stōdon hēr teld, āslagen mid fērandum þe þis flæte land cēason for his līþan wilcuman and for wīsan þe þæt gærs fōtlāstas on nihte āswefþ. On rūme betwēonan þȳ þe hrēoseþ and þȳ þe þurhwunaþ healt þæt emnet his ōþm.
On tūne is hlāf on ofne, and þæt meludūst drīfþ ofer rūhum weorcbordum swā handa dāh cneddaþ. Þā hlāfas bīoþ mid edlǣce and gemynde gesceapene. Sēo rind wierþ þicce and heard, craciende swā hēo on wuduborde ceolaþ. Cildes handa rǣcaþ tō snide, and þā crūman feallaþ tō grunde. Þæs cycene bēod biþ mid clāþe oferwrigen þe manige wæscas geseah, his andefn mid gearum note gesōftod ac gȳt strang genōg tō gadrianne þæs dæges warmþe. On lȳtlum dæghwæmlīcum wegum healt se hīred tōgædere, ēac swā þā hrōfbēamas ufan on winde cearciaþ.
Gif þū wille on stæpe mid þisse yldunge gān, wer ealdne leþergyrdels, feorma wuduspon oþ hē þīnre folme gemete, oþþe gadera drȳge gærs tō lecgenne under þīnum scōm be dura. Mac hlāf mid þīnum āgnum handum and bēod snid þām þe on stillnesse wunaþ. Ǣlc dǣd þe caraþ þæs þe wered is and þēah gȳt stent, wierþ still behāt wiþ hryre.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Hȳdfealu.
Lucky Color: Tan — #D2B48CWer þæt þe þurh weder þurhwunaþ, and lǣt þone ealdan stīpel ōþerne dæg standan.