OLD ENGLISH | MODERN ENGLISH |
Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonu | Our Father, you who are in heaven, |
Si þin nama gehalgod | Be your name hallowed. |
to becume þin rice | Come your kingdom, |
gewurþe ðin willa | be done your will, |
on eorðan swa swa on heofonum | on earth just as in heaven. |
urne gedæghwamlican hlaf syle us todæg | Our daily bread (loaf) give us today, |
and forgyf us ure gyltas | and forgive us our sins (guilts) |
swa swa we forgyfað urum gyltendum | just as we forgive our sinners (i.e., sinners against us), |
and ne gelæd þu us on costnunge | and do not lead us into temptation, |
ac alys us of yfele soþlice. | but release us from evil. Amen. |
Thursday, May 15, 2008
OLd EnGLiSH and MoDeRN EnGLiSH
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