{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a28.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a28.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a28.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends and Sagas\u00a0\n WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site]\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n A Prayer\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n \u00e6la, drihten leof! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6la, dema god! \n Geara me, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ece waldend.\n Ic wat mine saule \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 synnum forwundod;\n geh\u00e6l \u00feu hy, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heofena drihten,\n- 5\n- \n and gelacna \u00feu hy, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lifes ealdor, \n for\u00fean \u00f0u e\u00f0est miht \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealra l\u00e6ca\n \u00f0\u00e6ra \u00fee gewurde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 side o\u00f0\u00f0e wyde.\n \u00e6la, frea beorhta, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 folkes scippend!\n Gemilsa \u00feyn mod \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 me to gode,\n- 10\n- \n sile \u00feyne are \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feynum earminge. \n Se by\u00f0 earming \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee on eor\u00f0an her\n d\u00e6iges and nihtes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 deofle campa\u00f0\n and hys willan wyrc\u00f0; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wa him \u00fe\u00e6re mirig\u00f0e,\n \u00feonne he \u00f0a handlean \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hafa\u00f0 and sceawa\u00f0,\n- 15\n- \n bute he \u00fe\u00e6s yfeles \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6r geswyce. \n Se by\u00f0 eadig, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se \u00fee on eor\u00f0an her\n d\u00e6iges and nyhtes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 drihtne hyr\u00e6\u00f0\n and a hys willan wyrc\u00f0; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wel hym \u00fe\u00e6s geweorkes,\n \u00f0onne he \u00f0a handlean \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hafa\u00f0 and sceawa\u00f0,\n- 20\n- \n gyf he ealteawne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ende gedreoge\u00f0. \n \u00e6la, leohtes leoht! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6la, lyfes wynn!\n Geti\u00fea me, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tireadig kyning,\n \u00feonne ic minre sawle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swegles bydde,\n ece are. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feu eart ea\u00f0e, god,\n- 25\n- \n h\u00e6fst and waldest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \n ana ofer ealle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0an and heofonas\n syddra gesceafta. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00f0u eart so\u00f0 meotod,\n ana ofer ealle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0bugende,\n swilce on heofonum up \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feu eart h\u00e6lend god.\n- 30\n- \n Ne m\u00e6g \u00fee aherian \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6le\u00f0a \u00e6nig; \n \u00feeh us gesomnie \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 geond sidne grund,\n men ofer moldan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 geond ealne middaneard,\n ne mage we n\u00e6fre as\u00e6cgan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne \u00fe\u00e6t so\u00f0e witan,\n hu \u00feu \u00e6\u00f0ele eart, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ece drihten.\n- 35\n- \n Ne \u00feeah engla werod \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 up on heofenum \n snotra tosomne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 s\u00e6cgan ongunnon,\n ne magon hy n\u00e6fre areccean, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne \u00fe\u00e6t gerim wytan,\n hu \u00feu m\u00e6re eart, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mihtig drihten.\n Ac is wunder mycel, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wealdend engla,\n- 40\n- \n gif \u00feu hit sylfa wast, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sigores ealdor, \n hu \u00feu m\u00e6re eart, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mihtig and m\u00e6genstrang,\n ealra kyninga kyning, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crist lifiende,\n ealra worulda scippend, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wealdend engla,\n ealra duge\u00fea dugu\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 drihten h\u00e6lend.\n- 45\n- \n \u00f0u eart se \u00e6\u00f0ela \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee on \u00e6rdagum \n ealra femnena wyn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f\u00e6gere akende\n on Bethleem \u00f0\u00e6re byrig \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 beornum to frofre,\n eallum to are \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ylda bearnum,\n \u00feam \u00fee gelyfa\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on lyfiendne god\n- 50\n- \n and on \u00fe\u00e6t ece leoht \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 uppe on roderum. \n \u00f0yn m\u00e6gen ys swa m\u00e6re, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mihtig drihten,\n swa \u00fe\u00e6t \u00e6nig ne wat \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0buende\n \u00fea deopnesse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 drihtnes mihta,\n ne \u00fe\u00e6t \u00e6nig ne wat \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 engla hades\n- 55\n- \n \u00fea heahnisse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heofena kyninges. \n Ic \u00fee andette, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6lmihtig god,\n \u00fe\u00e6t ic gelyfe on \u00fee, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leofa h\u00e6lend,\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu eart se miccla \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and se m\u00e6genstranga\n and se eadmoda \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealra goda\n- 60\n- \n and se ece kyning \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealra gesceafta, \n and ic eom se litla for \u00fee \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and se ly\u00f0ra man,\n se her syngige \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e genehhe,\n d\u00e6ges and nihtes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 do, swa ic ne sceolde,\n hwile mid weorce, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hwile mid worde,\n- 65\n- \n hwile mid ge\u00feohte, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feearle scyldi, \n inwitni\u00f0as \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 oft and gelome.\n Ac ic \u00fee halsige nu, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heofena drihten,\n and gebidde me to \u00fee, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bearna selost,\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00f0u gemilsige me, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mihtig drihten,\n- 70\n- \n heofena heahkyning \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and se halga gast, \n and gefylste me, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f\u00e6der \u00e6lmihtig,\n \u00fe\u00e6t ic \u00feinne willan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gewyrcean m\u00e6ge,\n \u00e6r ic of \u00feysum l\u00e6nan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lyfe gehweorfe.\n Ne forweorn \u00feu me, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wuldres drihten,\n- 75\n- \n ac gety\u00fea me, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tyreadig kyning, \n l\u00e6t me mid englum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 up si\u00f0ian,\n sittan on swegle,\n herian heofonas god \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 haligum reorde\n a butan ende. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Amen.","title":"A Prayer","type":"page"}