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    This document contains 3 translations of the Lord's Prayer from Old English, Old Saxon, and Middle English. The Old English version is from the 11th century and translates the prayer into a West Saxon dialect. The Old Saxon version is from the 9th century and is written in an Old Low German dialect. The Middle English version is a 14th century translation by John Wycliffe. All 3 translations maintain the core elements and meaning of the original prayer while reflecting the linguistic variations over time.

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    Gothic

    Atta unsar þu in himinam, Father ours, thou in heaven


    weihnai namo þein. be hallowed name thine
    qimai þiudinassus þeins. come kingdom thine
    wairþai wilja þeins, be done will thine
    swe in himina jah ana airþai. as in heaven also on earth.
    hlaif unsarana þana sinteinan bread ours the daily
    gif uns himma daga. give us this day.
    jah aflet uns þatei skulans sijaima, and forgive us that guilty we are
    swaswe jah weis afletun as also we forgive
    þaim skulam unsaraim. the guilty ones ours
    jah ni briggais uns in fraistubnjai, and not bring us into temptation
    ak lausei uns af þamma ubilin; but deliver us from the evil;
    unte þeine ist þiudangardi for thine is the kingdom
    jah mahts jah wulþus in aiwins and the power and the glory in eternity.
    amen amen.

    Old English

    Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum, Father of ours, thou who art in heaven,
    Si þin nama gehalgod. Be thy name hallowed.
    To becume þin rice, Come thy riche (kingdom),
    gewurþe ðin willa, on eorðan swa swa Worth (manifest) thy will, on earth as
    on heofonum. also in heaven.
    Urne gedæghwamlican hlaf syle us Our daily loaf do sell (give) to us today,
    todæg And forgive us of our guilts as also we
    and forgyf us ure gyltas, swa swa we forgive our guilty
    forgyfað urum gyltendum. And do not lead thou us into temptation,
    And ne gelæd þu us on costnunge, ac but alese (release/deliver) us of (from)
    alys us of yfele evil.
    Soþlice. Soothly.

    Matthew 6.9 (WSCp, 11th c.)


    (Corpus Christi College MS 140, ed. Liuzza (1994))

    Lord's Prayer I (Exeter Book,10th c.) rumre foldan.


    [....]g fæder, þu þe on heofonum eardast, Syle us to dæge domfæstne blæd,
    geweorðad wuldres dreame. Sy þinum hlaf userne, helpend wera,
    weorcum halgad 8 þone singalan, soðfæst meotod.
    noma niþþa bearnum; þu eart nergend Ne læt usic costunga cnyssan to swiðe,
    wera. ac þu us freodom gief, folca waldend,
    Cyme þin rice wide, ond þin rædfæst from yfla gewham, a to widan feore.
    willa
    aræred under rodores hrofe, eac þon on
    (The Exeter Book, ed. Krapp and Dobbie 1936)
    Old Saxon (Old Low German)

    Fadar ûsa firiho barno,


    thu bist an them hôhon himila-rîkea
    geuuîhid sî thîn namo uuordo gehuuilico
    cuma thîn craftag rîki
    uuerþa thîn uuilleo obar thesa uuerold alla
    sô sama an erþo sô thar uppa ist
    an them hôhon himilo rîkea.

    gef ûs dago gehuuilikes râd, drohtin the gôdo,


    thîna hêlaga helpa, endi alât ûs hebenes uuard
    managoro mênsculdio al sô uue ôþrum mannum dôan
    ne lât ûs farlêdean lêþa uuihti
    sô forþ an iro uuilleon sô uui uuirþige sind
    ac help ûs uuiþar allun ubilon dâdiun.

    Middle English

    The Lourdes Preyere

    Oure fadir that art in heuenes,


    halewid be thi name;
    thi kyngdoom come to;
    be thi wille don, in erthe as in heuene.
    Yyue to vs this dai oure breed ouer othir substaunce,
    and foryyue to vs oure dettis, as we foryyuen to oure dettouris;
    and lede vs not in to temptacioun, but delyuere vs fro yuel.
    Amen.

    Matthew 6.9 (Wycliffe's translation, c. 1380)

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