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The Lord's Prayer I

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

...g fæder,      þu þe on heofonum eardast,
geweorðad wuldres dreame.      Sy þinum weorcum halgad
noma niþþa bearnum;      þu eart nergend wera.
Cyme þin rice wide,      ond þin rædfæst willa
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aræred under rodores hrofe,      eac þon on rumre foldan.
Syle us to dæge      domfæstne blæd,
hlaf userne,      helpend wera,
þone singalan,      soðfæst meotod.
Ne læt usic costunga      cnyssan to swiðe,
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ac þu us freodom gief,      folca waldend,
from yfla gehwam,      a to widan feore.