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Yeavering: Lord's Prayer in Old English

Why not have a go at reading Old English? Here we have a transcript of the Lord's prayer in Old English, just like the one Paulinus was saying to his audience in Yeavering.

 Fæder ure,
 þu þe eart on heofonum,
 si þin nama gehalgod.
 Tobecume þin rice.
 Gewurþe ðin willa on eorðan swa swa on heofonum.
 Urne gedæghwamlican hlaf syle us to dæg.
 And forgyf us ure gyltas, swa swa we forgyfað urum gyltendum.
 And ne gelæd þu us on costnunge,
 ac alys us of yfele. Soþlice.

We have also prepared an audio track of Lord's Prayer being recited in Old English as listening to it will help you understand how to pronounce the letters, which have fallen out of use.

You can see the video clip of Paulinus preaching at Yeavering,listen to the Lord's Prayer in Old English, read more about the religion at Yeavering or browse the archive further the archive.
 
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