Þæt Hwēol ætstent on midre hweorfunge, his āgrafenan spācan cearciende þā hwīle þe ungesewene handa þone rīman gripaþ. Þā dīeglan nīetenu þe his ecge rīdaþ, lēo, fearr, earn, engel, þyncaþ niþer lōcian, swā hīe hīe gearwien tō þǣre hefignesse þe hīe of þām ēaþan ymbhwyrfte tīehþ. Sume willaþ þæt Hwēol fōn and on stede healdan. Ōþre ondrǣdaþ āna þæt þe under ligeþ. On heortan niþerweardes andwlitan þæs Hwēoles is hefignes, fæst and anbīdig, swā duru mid wege gefæstnod oþþe wænhwēol gefæst on wǣtre eorþan. On þissum tīman gefēlþ wyrd nā swā ēa ac swā furh: swæþ, gedrȳcned on þā molde mid unārīmedum edlācum fōtes and hōfes.
Þā ealdan spell secgaþ þæt rima hwēoles wyrde sīe gescapen of andweorce þǣre eorþan selfre, mid handum geclumodum mid lāfe feldes and wuda. On ealdre Babilone drȳcdon wrīteras heora gewritu on platta blēo erodes grundes, ǣlc mearc þurhwunigend gewrit gelimpes. Þā plegmenn middelre Italie wealcodon tānas corfene of hæselwuda, heora brerd smēþe gewērod mid unrōtum folmum. Ēac nū, on tūnum ārǣwedum andlang ēaofora oþþe gesettum on holum, brecaþ hwēol rinde gehærfestodra felda, heora styrenes āslāwod mid rēne nīehstan wucan. On þissum stōwum nis wyrd nā hweorfend mynet, ac hlāf ārīsende on līþre hǣte heorþes oþþe sǣd gedrȳcned on uferan molde, bīdende lenctenes.
Þonne hwēol wyrde wiþsæcþ tō hweorfenne, wierþ se lyft nēah and hefig, swā bern æfter þersce. Is stenc gehealdenes cornes, stillu andweardnes windla gebregdenra of wīlige and āce. Ūte siteþ weder: se lyft is þicce mid wǣtan hærfestes, þonne heofon and land mængaþ on dēore and bōtas clifiende swaþu on ǣlcum þerscolde lǣfaþ. Bēodas on ceapstōwe sind gehladene mid wæstme þǣre tīde: eorþæpplum, bētum, and wyrttruman þe heora andweorc of dēopan under ātugon. On swilcum wedre nis wyrd nāþer wild ne rēþe. Hēo is geþyldig, slāw gaderung, gelimp tō restenne under þām ofersceade.
Tō ætstentenne þæt hwēol ǣr sēo hweorfung gefylled sīe is tō rǣcenne æfter þingum þe þurhwuniaþ. Se gefuroda feld, āwend mid cneorissum, hielt gemynd geoca and sulha. Se ceapweard, metende mynet on brādum bēode, cann weorþ geþyldes and hefignesse lȳtelra wæstma. Sind spell wegfarendra bīdendra æt wegcumena hūsum, āfundiendra heora færeldu andlang benca glædoda mid gēarum elboga and cuppena. On cycenum hrēraþ wudene sponas briw þe ealle nōntīd sēoþaþ, heora swæccas dēopigende þā hwīle þe sēo sunne æfter hegglīnan hnīgeþ. Þonne þæt Hwēol niþerweard wīsaþ, is tīd tō gemunanne weorþ slāwes weorces and þā stillan ārweorþnesse on edlāce.
Tōdæg holdaþ wyrd þām þe hīe tō grunde fæstniaþ. Þū meaht hlāf bacan, gefēlende þone dāh giefan and ārīsan under þīnum handum. Swāpa þone flōr, gaderiende dūst þæs dæges on þā pannan mid gīmenfullre cearu. Plant sum þing, æcern, cnoll, hyht, on þām nīehstan dæle eorþan oþþe ēac on fæte be þām ēagþȳrele. Oþþe sit āna mid cuppan caffe oþþe mid snǣde chocolātes, lǣtende heora truman warmþe þē on þǣre andweardan tīde wyrtfæstnian. Ǣlc þissa is dǣd geþyldes, līþe hand on þām Hwēole, lǣtende hit bīdan ǣr þǣre nīehstan unforbugendlican hweorfunge.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Brūn.
Lucky Color: Brown — #A52A2AAnbīdung on þǣre hweorfunge, hefignes þe geman, and þæt þe tō grunde fæst is þurhwunaþ.