Hwēol is āmǣnd tō hweorfenne, ac þēos carte ābrycþ his ryne. Þā nīetenu and tācnu on þām rīman findaþ hīe āhangene betwēonan styrenesse and stilnesse, fiþera slæce, fōta āstyþede. Se hring þrēataþ tō weorþenne grīn, þing nā hweorfende ac fæst. On swilcre tīde mæg mannes hand rǣcan æfter sumum trumum, þinge þe geþyld and slāwe gaderunge yldo cūþe. Is stān be þām heorþe, sinewealt ac unāstyrod, smīc mearciende his dolodan brerd. Se fȳr bufan him flēogeþ, ac se stān wunaþ, sūpende þā hǣtu, healdende hīe lange æfter þām þe þā līega sind ācwelde.
Spell wexaþ ymb swilce stānas. On ealdum tūnum līniaþ hānstānas windige strǣta, ǣlc smēþe gewērod mid unārīmedum fōtum. Hīe ne ofhrædaþ, ne flēogaþ hīe fram tredde þǣre worulde. Hwēolswaþu and þæt dimme gemynd cræta hwēola mearciaþ heora brerdas. Sume secgaþ þæt þās stānas gemunen ǣlc færeld and ǣlce anbīdunge: þā hors þe on weggemōtum wiþstōdon, þā cēapmenn þe bīdon oþ se rēn forgē. Þonne gelimp þyncþ niþer gān, mæg hit fremian sittan on nīþum wealle of þissum stānum geworhtum, fēt lȳtel of þām grunde, orþ mæncgende wiþ þām cōlan lyfte. Sēo woruld nearwaþ tō þǣre hefignesse under þē, gefēl þæt þēah hwēol ætstenten, is grund genōg tō beranne þē.
Wegfarende and heora spell gaderiaþ oft on stōwum þǣr se heofon hefig hangaþ. On dægrēd rōleþ mist of þǣre ēa and wrīhþ hrofas þǣre burge, mēþgende ecga, āsmēþende þæt getimbre. Scipu īdliaþ æt þām hyþe, rāpas cearciende, þæs dæges cēap ylded oþ clǣnnes eftcymþ. Fisceras sūpaþ heora briw be gewērodum netum, ūtbidende þā stilnesse. Se wolcnhefiga heofon nis nāþer dæg ne niht, wiþhealdende dōm þǣre sunnan. Þis is sēo tīd þonne sēo woruld þyncþ ætstent, ǣlc willa gefangen on stilnesse ǣr dǣde. Þonne hweorfung þæs hwēoles under gǣþ, mæg mann trēowe findan on gefērscype swilces wedres, lǣtende gang tīde tō crēopanne, þæt land ālǣded scearpra wiþmetennesse.
On hāme gaderiaþ smalu tōl and fatu be þām ēagþȳrele: īsenen sester, belle būtan his clappe, āmæled crocca gemearcod mid gēarum weallendes wæteres and cōligendes tēa. Þās þing fōþ þæt blāce morgenlēoht and gaderiaþ hit stille, ne scīnende nān beorht. Hīe sprecaþ be þurhwununge, þām slāwan gange of ānre handa tō ōþerre. Eadmōd wullen sweordwrigels, gefealden ofer setl, hæfþ warmþe gehealden þurh manige wintras and dēþ eft swā. Hit is þing þe þurhwunaþ, swā hwæt swā hīredes gelimp wendaþ.
On wildum stōwum rindaþ līchenas rinde ealdra trēowa and tōsprēdaþ ofer forgitenum byrgenstānum. Heora hīw sind nāþer lēaf ne blōstma, ac sum þing þurhwunigendre. Wegfarende hrīnaþ þās tācnu tō metenne yldo stōwe, āfundiende þone slāwan, willendlican wæstm. Ēac on heardum wedre dōþ þās gefēran heora weorc, mēþgende and bindende þā heardostan brerdas, geþyldig mægen þe stormas oferstīhþ.
Tōdæg, gif þū þæs hwēoles slāwan niþergang gefēlst, meaht þū bīdan tō restenne on bence of stāne corfenre, lǣtende þīne geþōhtas sittan swā morgenmist. Þū meaht lēof sweordwrigels ymb þīne sculdru wrīþan and bīdan hwistle ceteles, oþþe ūt stæppan tō wacienne þā wolcnu gaderian ofer hrōf and feld. Þā hwīle þe ǣfen fealleþ, lǣd þīne hand ofer þām tīdegewērodan rīman æt þīnre dura, gemunende eall þæt hē gestilde. Þās tīda bringaþ þē intō gefērscype þinga þe bīdaþ, þinga þe trume healdaþ þonne eall ōþer unrōt is.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Græg.
Lucky Color: Gray — #808080Læt þā anbīdunge þē healdan, and wite þæt sēo hweorfung eft cymþ, for þȳ þe geþyld is stillu strengu þæs dæges.