Bēag of lēafum ymbgǣþ þā plegestran on heortan þǣre cartan, earmas āþenede, þā hwīle þe hēo mearcaþ ende ānes færeldes and anginn ōþres. Fēower libbende nīetenu lōciaþ of þām hyrnum, lēo, fearr, earn, and mann, stille gewitan þæs ymbhwyrftes þe belūcþ, and sēo wrǣd biþ fæste gebunden on tācne fulfremednesse. Sēo carte hielt behāt hālnesse, woruld gegaderod and gebunden mid begange, swā hærfest on his hīehþe.
Geþenc grāfas on sunnbeorhtre hlīþe, þǣr se lyft berþ stenc teorwes and se wind flēogeþ þurh scēarpe lēaf. Þās trēow, ealde and wōh, þēoþ on stǣnigum grunde and under heardum sumorum, and heora wyrttruman delfaþ dēope æfter wætere. Hira wæstm, lȳtel and fæst, is gegaderod of manigum cneorissum, mid handa genumen, hwīlum mid langum stængum ācnyssed oþ hē fealleþ mid stillum cnylle on līn þe under is āspredd. On þissum stillan, þurhwunigendan weorce is gefēl fulfremednesse, and ǣlc trēow gǣþ ymbe tīda blōstmes, wæstmes, and reste, and ǣlc ymbhwyrft belūcþ mid þām hærfeste.
Se wæstm biþ tōdǣled, āþwogen, and āwringen on stānwāgum. Þā handa þe þā grāfas worhton fēdaþ nū þā wringe, and wendaþ þæt þrēad oþ þicce, stincende ele of þǣre meole sīgeþ. Þes ele fylþ lǣmena croccan, līnaþ wudene bēodas, and gaderaþ on scealdum discium on cycene bēodum. Man smireþ mid him þæt brūw þæs wērigan, and smireþ hlafas ǣr man hīe bacþ, and fēdeþ blācern þe þā lange niht āwendaþ. On ealdre worulde mearcod þes ele ende gefeohta and cynehelmunge cyninga. Man āgēat hine on stānweofodum and sēalde mid him forma. Þæs trēowes bōgas, tō bēagum gewefen, cyndon lēoþwyrhtan and sigefæstan, libbende tācn fremes and sibbe.
Sind tūnas þāra naman of þissum grāfum springaþ, þǣr se hīw þæs trēowes ætīewþ on mynetum and on durum hūsa. On þǣre ceapstōwe sellaþ wīf þone āwringenan wæstm, handa gemearcode of þām weorce, and hīe lǣtaþ rēcetan and spell of tīde tō tīde. Fatu eles and sealtum wæstme standaþ on hordernum, and bīdaþ wintres. On þissum landum biþ se weder gemeten mid ymbhwyrftum: ǣrest se drȳge hǣte, þonne fǣrlice stormas þe dūst of þām lēafum þwēaþ, and æt nīehstan sēo līþe warmþ þe þā ǣrestan cnollas of þām bōgum lāþ. Þonne se wæstm genōg biþ, þæt is tācn þæt þæs gēares weorc is ymbgān.
Mann mæg bēag of smalum bōgum strengian and ofer his duru āhōn, frem tō mearcunge oþþe sibbe tō underfōnne. Hē mæg þæs trēowes ele ofer his ǣfenmete gēotan, and birgan þæt geþyld manigra handa and tīda. Gif hē smēþne stān of þām grāfe hæfþ, hē mæg hine settan be his bedde, stillu gemynd geþyldes and nīwunge. On sunnan ūpgange mæg hē wrǣde, ānfaldne bend, ymb his handwyrst oþþe ymb croccan bindan, and willan belūcan swā sēo plegestre deþ on middan þǣre worulde.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Elegrēne.
Lucky Color: Olive — #808000Sēo fulfremednes is gehende, and se hring bint hine selfne.