On heortan þǣre Worulde stæpþ plegestre lēohte innan hringe lāwerlēafa, earmas āhafene and ēagan stillum mōde ūt āworpene. Þā fēower libbendu nīetenu, lēo, fearr, earn, and engel, healdaþ þā hyrnas þǣre scēne, and waciaþ þā hwīle þe se endebyrd gelimpa cymþ tō his nīehstan ryne. Þǣre plegestran wrǣda bīegaþ on lyfte, and belūcaþ þone ymbhwyrft, and sēlaþ þā ymbegunge. Hit is tīd nā blisse āna, ac fulfremednesse. Se weg ymb þone bēag is gedōn, and þæt spell hæfþ his reststōwe gefunden. Þis is se hærfest æfter langum weorce, se symbel þe cymþ æfter mōnþum sǣde, gīemenne, and anbīdunge.
Ǣr, on ealdum Tyrus and Sidon, bǣron ǣgþer se sigefæsta sciccels and þæs cēapmannes wrigels tācn seldnes scylfisces. Fisceras ēodon intō scealdum wæterum þæs Wendelsǣs and gaderodon þā smalan scylfiscas, and brǣcon þā scyllas mid stānum on þām strande. Hīe lēton þæt flǣsc weallan, and wācodon hū se sealtwæter sweartode, and slāwlīce gefylde elna līnes þe āna þā weligan mihton gebicgan. Þā Rōmāniscan hēton þisne dēag cāserlīcne, and mid him ymbsetton togan, siwodon cumbol, and sealdon riht tō rīcsienne. Sēo blēo mearcod þerscold, hwā mihte nēalǣcan anwealde, hwā stōd æt þām gatum, hwā hæfde þā burg ymbgān and hire heortan ingān. Wrǣd þisses dēages tō werienne wæs tō bēonne cūþ, and tō bēonne gefylled on ēagum þǣre worulde.
On hærfeste, on hēagum æcerum Þessalie and Casmīres, blōwaþ crocusblōstman þurh stopelan gegaderodes cornes. Ǣlc blōstma, brȳce and seld, hielt þrēo þrǣdas dēope inne. On dægrēd plucciaþ wyrcend hīe mid handa, and lȳtle windlas fyllaþ slāwe þā hwīle þe fingras of cyle ādeafod. Þonne se dæg gedōn biþ, drȳgeþ man þā þrǣdas ofer glēdum, weorc swā smēþe swā þā blōstman selfe, and behȳt hīe siþþan tō stence and blēo metes wintersymblum. On symbelnihtum gaderiaþ hīredas and hrēraþ rīs and meolc, and breacaþ þone langan fæsten mid spunfulle þæs dēorestan wyrtes þisse worulde. Hit is swæcc gehealden endum and angingum, tō bindanne þone hring langes gēares.
Sind stōwa þǣr þēos blēo ætīewþ nā on hræglum and mete āna, ac on þām lyfte selfum. Æfter sumerstorme, þonne sēo sunne niþerlīce gǣþ and þā feorran hrycgas þæt nīehste lēoht fōþ, glisnaþ hlīþas Prouentie and þā hǣþfeldas Scotlandes mid smalum dēore. Se lyft is gefylled mid stence eorþan and mid behāte reste. Hyrdas lǣdaþ heora heorda hām, lēohtfatu sind ontende on durum, and þæs dæges geþyld biþ on sīde gesett. Swilce ǣfena þyncaþ gefyllede, eall ingegaderod, nān þing ungedōn, and sēo woruld þyncþ līþe belocen mid wrǣde þēostres.
On hīrede ætīewaþ edlāc þisse fulfremednesse on seolcenum innewearde winterhrægles, on tācne þe on hōde lārēowes is gesiwod, oþþe on weaxinsægle þe fæste on ǣrendgewrit biþ gedrȳcned ǣr hit ofer sǣ biþ sended. Is ān candel þe, þonne hē ontend biþ, mearcaþ belūc tīde oþþe anginn nīwes dǣles, and his stenc wunaþ, and gemyngaþ ealle þā andweardan þæt sum micel þing is ymbgān. On cycenum weallaþ handful smalra blēda on rēame oþþe on wætere, and giefaþ ānfaldum swētmete swæcc geþyldes and hēafdes.
Tōdæg mæg mann wrǣde tō his handwyrste bindan, ecge æceres on ǣfen gān, oþþe lȳtelne bolla saffranþrǣda be his ēagþȳrele settan. Hē mæhte ǣrendgewrit mid weaxe sēlan, oþþe þone dæg geendian mid ontendum candele þæs stenc ǣgþer cymes and edcieres mearcaþ.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Basu.
Lucky Color: Purple — #800080Sēo Woruld geendaþ þone plega mid fægernese, and wrǣd belūcþ þone ymbhwyrft.