Innan hringe þǣre cartan sciepþ bēag lēafa fullne mearce, and ymbfehþ þā plegestran on his middan. Þā fēower libbendu nīetenu waciaþ of heora hyrnum, stille gewitan spelles fulfremednesse. On feldum þǣre worulde, æfter þām þe þæt corn gegaderod is and þæt hearda weorc tō genihte āwended, wunaþ sum stillu þing. Þonne þā hēafdu genumene sind, standaþ þā wyrtum on rǣwum, and ǣlc ēare biþ bewunden on his āgenum hryfte. Behȳded under þām lagum resteþ locc smalra, scīnendra þrǣda betwēonan corne and helme, swā mēþe swā behāt.
Ofer gēarum habbaþ þās feldas gemǣned fēdinge and geheald. And þēah, þæt þe þæt corn behealdeþ hæfþ ēac his āgene þēawas. Þā seolcenan þrǣdas, carfullīce ātogene mid gelǣredum handum on hærfeste, sind gehealdene tō manigum lȳtlum and nīedþearfum brūcum. On ǣrestum hærfeste gaderiaþ hīredas þās þrǣdas tō līnenne warme slyppan, tō fyllenne pylehyrnas, oþþe tō wrīþenne on lȳtle anlīcnessa tō þæs gēares nīehstan symbele. Hīe þēniaþ līþe fyllinge smēþum ǣgrum, cildiaþ nīwe cicenu, and fyllaþ smale pūsas þe on cistum sind behȳdede tō healdenne līn clǣne. Þonne se wind cōl wierþ, wealleþ man þā þrǣdas on wætere tō lācnungum, gelǣrede of ealdmōdrum þe þone swæcc gemunaþ and þā smyltnese þe hēo bringþ on langum nihtum. Þā hwīle standaþ þā fēower weardas, oxa, lēo, earn, and engel, tācnu trumnesse, emnettes, and hleowes.
Se weg þissa þrǣda gǣþ feorror þonne se feld. On heortan Americena gaderodon cēapmenn ǣr þā ādrūgodan þrǣdas tō ceapstōwe, þǣr hīe wǣron gewrixlede wiþ tōlum, dēagum, and sǣdum. Andlang þāra miclan ēa, on scipum and on windlum, ofergān hīe of tūne tō byrig, and heora mēþnes hleowode croccan and wæstm on weg tō feorrum cycenum. Betwēonan folcum felda and wuda wǣron þās þrǣdas gewefen on begangglengas and on plegdōllas tō mearcunge tīda hweorfunge. Brȳd mihte locc on hire giftciste behȳdan, oþþe cild mihte hine on symbelcynehelm bregdan. Ā tācnode hit genōg, genōgne fōdan, genōge cearu, genōg tō beranne þæt hūs þurh hweorfunge tīda.
Ēac se weder hæfþ dǣl on þissum ymbhwyrfte. Þonne sumerstormas forgāþ and se heofon clǣnsaþ, fōþ loccas þissa þrǣda on þām warmum lyfte, and flēogaþ swā swefnu ofer þām stopelan. Cildru iernaþ æfter him, and hliehhaþ þā hwīle þe hīe þā lyftigan þrǣdas gaderiaþ tō fyllenne heora pūsas. Āt hām swāpaþ besman of þǣre ilcan wyrte þā hyrnas, and belūcaþ þæs dæges geþyld on lȳtelre dǣde endebyrdnesse and nīwunge. On þǣre cycene bint se ilca seolc þe sǣd hleowode nū scēafas wyrta, oþþe līnaþ windel tō healdanne nīwne hlāf, ealle dǣda þe ānne gefylledne ymbhwyrft fealdaþ intō þām nīehstan angine.
Tōdæg meaht þū þā þrǣdas on hātum wætere weallan tō smyltendum drence, lȳtelne windel līnian tō healdanne giefe, oþþe þā lāfan þrǣdas gaderian tō fyllenne hāmgeworhtne pūsan tō þīnre ciste. Þū meaht tīd belūces and nīwunge mearcian mid smalre wrǣde ymb sum þing þe þū gesund healdan wilt, and lætan þone ymbhwyrft stille on þīnum āgenum handum belūcan.
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