The Lord's Prayer

This text of The Lords Prayer is presented in the standardised West Saxon literary dialect.

Fder ure u e eart on heofonum, Si in nama gehalgod. To becume in rice, gewure in willa, on eoran swa swa on heofonum. Urne gedghwamlican hlaf syle us todg, and forgyf us ure gyltas, swa swa we forgyfa urum gyltendum. And ne geld u us on costnunge, ac alys us of yfele. Solice.

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Original Fder ure u e eart on heofonum, Si in nama gehalgod. To becume in rice, gewure in willa, on eoran swa swa on heofonum. Urne gedghwamlican hlaf syle us todg, and forgyf us ure gyltas, swa swa we forgyfa urum gyltendum. And ne geld u us on costnunge, ac alys us of yfele. Solice.

Translation Father of ours, thou who art in heaven, Be thy name hallowed. Come thy riche (kingdom), Worth (manifest) thy will, on earth as also in heaven. Our daily loaf do sell (give) to us today, And forgive us of our guilts as also we forgive our guilty And do not lead thou us into temptation, but alese (release/deliver) us of (from) evil. Soothly.

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Verse Indeterminate Saxon ...g fder, u e on heofonum eardast, geweorad wuldres dreame. Sy inum weorcum halgad noma nia bearnum; u eart nergend wera. Cyme in rice wide, ond in rdfst willa 5 arred under rodores hrofe, eac on on rumre foldan. Syle us to dge domfstne bld, hlaf userne, helpend wera, one singalan, sofst meotod. Ne lt usic costunga cnyssan to swie, 10 ac u us freodom gief, folca waldend, from yfla gehwam, a to widan feore.