On þǣre cartan gǣþ se ymbgang þǣre plegestran ymb, ac ne belūcþ. Se lāwerbēag, open on þām hēafde, bīdeþ þone nīehstan cnottan, þone ānan tēah þe ealle þing tō ānnesse bunde. And þēah sēo hand forlǣt. Sēo wrǣd slæcþ, and ungedōne hīw edlǣcaþ feorr begēondan geþōhtre ecge þǣre worulde. Þā fēower waciendan, lēo and fearr, earn and engel, bīdaþ on heora hyrnum, heora geþyld āþenod ofer wolcnþiccum lyfte. Þis is þæt mearcland betwēonan fulfremednesse and þām þe cymþ, ofergang þe on midde stæpe ætstent.
Hēr, on sceade enda, tōsprēdeþ þæt land under heofone þe his rēn hielt. Se lyft is hefig mid stence wǣtes stānes, swilces dæges þonne mist niþerlīce clīfþ ofer stānenum lānum tūnes. Þā hrofas, wǣte and rūhe, mearciaþ þā anbīdunge betwēonan storme and sunnan. On þissum strǣtum glōwaþ lēohtfatu dimme æfter ēagþȳrelum, gemēþgode mid wedre þe nǣfre fullīce clǣnsaþ. Hwǣr slīdeþ ēa forþ be weallum mid hānum gelīnodum, þæt wæter on his nīþerestan ebbe, and ne scīnþ būtan wolcn.
Stǣr wunaþ on þingum āmǣndum tō þurhwunienne. On smiþþan feorr fram heortan þǣre burge restaþ anfilt and hamoras on bencum, heora brerdas smēþe gewērode mid weorce and mid anbīdunge. Se heorþ is cōl, and nān hǣtu ne ārīst, ac þā tōl gemunaþ ǣlcne slege, ǣlc ungedōn weorc forlǣten tō gaderienne dūst gēara. Nēah þām duru hielt hencg ealde spadan and hocas, heora bladu ādeafod mid eorþan and mid tīde, þā hæftas glade mid handum þe nū forgāne sind.
On þām feldum ūte wunaþ sēo tīd. Rǣwa elebēama standaþ under þām wolcnum, heora trummas gewridene, lēaf bifigende on unstyriendum lyfte. On ealdum grāfum habbaþ menn ā plantod tō cneorissum þe cumaþ, nǣfre tō þām hærfeste þe on handa is. Þā eleberian licgaþ on þām grunde, nāþer fullīce rīpe ne feallene, gefangene on emnette betwēonan wæstme and molsnunge. Mōs crīepþ andlang stānwealla, and mearcaþ līnan þe ǣr mearca mearcodon, nū forlorene tō gemynde.
Āt hām is se heorþ geswāpen, ac se fȳr nā gȳt ontend. On þām bēode bīdeþ īsenen crocca, gesēawod mid tīdum mēla, his brerd ādeafod of þūsendum slāwra broþa. On cycene ciste ligeþ tinnen spon be ciste fyrsticcena, bēgen gehealdene on gearonesse, nāþer tō dǣde gecīged. Se hlāf on þām ceorfbrede is gystrandæges, þicce and ceowig, sēo rinde mēþgende þā hwīle þe tīda gāþ.
Ūte hielt se weder his orþ. Se morgen ontȳnþ mid smalum, þurhwunigendum regne, and dēþ þæt sēo woruld stincþ ealdes stānes and wǣtes rinde. Andlang þæs fōtweges gaderiaþ pōlas on swaþum cræta, heora brerdas bifigende þā hwīle þe dropan feallaþ. Se lyft bifgaþ, ungewiss hwæþer hē wearmige oþþe cōlige. Wegfarende tweoniaþ under wolcnum stānes blēo, ungewisse hwæþer se weg eft onginne oþþe eft wende.
Tōdæg mihte mann þā ealdan lānas æfter þām rēne gān, and hlystan æfter edlāce feorra stapa. Hē mihte hīredlāf gladian, hæft, blæd, oþþe gewērod mynet, and gemunan þā handa þe hit scōpon. Hē mihte croccan slāwe hrēran, and lætan þone stenc ārīsan on þǣre stillan cycene. Oþþe, sittende be þām ēagþȳrele, mihte hē ǣrendgewrit wrītan nā tō sendanne, þā word hweorfende lȳtel ǣr þām ende.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Dimgræg.
Lucky Color: DimGray — #696969Bīd, and wuna mid þǣre worulde, for þȳ þe fulfremednes biþ hwīlum gefunden on þām wiþhealdan.