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A Miracle of St Benedict

[1] Ēac hit ġelamp sume dæġe þæt þā ġebrōðru timbredon þæs mynstres hūs. [2] And þā læġ þǣr ān stān tōmiddes, þone hīe mynton hebban ūp on þæs hūses timbrunge, ac hine ne mihton twēġen men ne þrīe onstyrian. [3] Þā ēodon þǣr manna tō, ac swā þēah wunode fæst and unwendedliċ, efne swelċe wǣre hæfd be wyrtwalan in þǣre eorðan. [4] And ēac hit openlīċe mihte bēon onġieten þæt se ealda fēond sæt ofer þām stāne, þone ne mihton swā maniġra wera handa onstyrian. [5] Þā for þǣre earfoþnesse wæs sended þām Godes were, and þā brōðru bǣdon þæt cōme and mid his gebedum þone fēond onweġ ādrife, þæt hīe mihten þone stān ūp āhebban. [6] Þā sōna swā se Godes wer þider cōm, dyde þǣr his ġebed and his bletsunge. [7] And þā wearð se stān mid swā miċelre hrædnesse ūp āhafen, swelċe ǣr nǣniġe hefiġnesse on him næfde.