Þæt hwēol on ealdum spellum hwerfþ bufan weggemōte, þrǣdod mid nǣdrum and wolcnum, tācnu wyrde gemarcod mid tācnum ǣlcre rihte. Ac on þissum hīwe bifgaþ þæt hwēol and wiþstent his āgenre styrenesse, swā hand, þīn hand, heardlīce wiþ spācan drȳce, fūs tō ætstentenne þone ymbhwyrft ǣr hē gefylled sīe. Costnunga gelimpes weorþaþ byrþenna: hweorfung wyrde hefigaþ, and se willa is tō hæftanne hīe niþer, tō healdanne þæt ungewisse þæt hit furþor ne tōbrece.
Geþenc þā ealdan delfstōwa þǣr stānwyrhtan clūdas of þǣre eorþan tēon, heora tōl hlīniende wiþ þone stān, dūst ārīsende on stillum smīcum. Ǣlc stāntigel wæs corfen, gestabelod, and on sīde gesett tō hrēfanne hūs oþþe tō līnenne heorþ, hefignes ǣlces dǣles drȳcende gemynd on getimbre. Is sum þurhwunigend be þissum plattum, gefunden on muntclūdum oþþe ēabeddum, gelagod mid gēarum. Þonne rēn fealleþ, scīnaþ þā platta mid cōlum scīman, ac on drȳgum wedre þyncaþ hīe nēah mēþe tō hrinenne, trume, getrīewe, stille sūpende slāwe hweorfunga þǣre worulde.
On hēahlandum cymþ weder niþerlīce and stille andlang mōra, wǣtende þone hǣþ and wulle þāra scēapa, gaderiende on wolcnum ufan. On morgenum þonne gelimp þyncþ onweg getogen, gemæccaþ se heofon þone stān under fōtum. Hyrdas gāþ þā hrycgas, heora bōtas screapende wiþ flōrstānum forlǣtenum mid cneorissum ǣr. Hīe bīdaþ under stānhrofum, gehīerende þæs windes þurhwunigendan flīt bufan heora hēafdum, sprǣc ealdre þonne gemynd. Þæt land nīedaþ geþyld, lǣrende þæt nā ǣlc ymbhwyrft þurh unbrocen hweorfan þearf. Hwīlum is anbīdung nīed, hleow getimbrod ǣr þām nīehstan storme.
Innan þǣre cycene tīehþ gelǣred hand bord of þǣre bēode, his brerd gewērod mid gēarum gesnidenes hlāfes and ācorfedra æppla. Tēacetel siteþ on platte, his warmþ slāwe ūt sīgende and gehealden on þām þiccan, cōlan andweorce. Þonne mægen tōstenced þyncþ, giefaþ þās tōl, ceorfbredu, hroftigelas, se hefiga brerd ealdes billardbēodes, gefēl grundes, hrinenlic gemynd tō slāwenne þæs hwēoles rēceleasan hweorfunge. On sumum tūnum clīfaþ stānhrofwyrhtan hrofas æfter storme, sceawigende æfter speldum and cīnum, edniwende þæt þe se wind āwende. Heora weorc is carfull and willendlic, ǣlc styrenes nīed tō gehealdanne þæt hleow wiþ þām nīehstan ungewēnan blǣde stande.
Wȳsc tō ætstentenne þæt hwēol nis nā ā wiþsacung styrenesse, ac langung tō gestillenne þæt þe wancaþ, tō ætstentenne þone niþergang lȳtel lange genōg tō gaderienne orþ. On behȳdedum wyrtūnum wexþ mōs betwēonan flōrstānum, mearciende tīd on stillum dǣlum. On þǣre burge gaderiaþ stānen stapas æt ingangum dūst unārīmedra scōna, healdende spell on ǣlcum dolge and grāfe. On bām stōwum hielt se ilca rīm: þæt þe þurhwunaþ biþ gescapen mid handum þe bīdaþ, sceawiaþ, and cēosaþ hwænne hīe dōn.
Tōdæg meaht þū þīne folman on stānenum bēode restan, and gefēlan cōle stilnesse þǣre worulde sittan on þīnum bānum. Þū meaht þone stān æt þīnum duruþerscolde clǣnsian, swāpende onweg greot and lēaf, wyrcende rūm nīwum cumum. Āt bēode brūc ealdne stānene disc oþþe bord tō middegmēle, settende mete mid cearu, and lǣtende þā trumnesse under þīnum handum þē gemyngian þæs þe wunaþ. Gif se heofon hefig is, stæpe ūt and hlyst æfter þǣre stilnesse þe æfter rēne on hrofum fylgþ, and læt þā stillan hefignesse þǣre tīde bēon þīn ancer.
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