Editing Old English (section)

=== The Lord's Prayer ===
{{original research section|date=December 2024}}
[[File:Faederureaudio2.ogg|thumb|left|A recording of how the Lord's Prayer probably sounded in Old English, pronounced slowly]]
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This text of the [[Lord's Prayer]] is presented in the standardised Early West Saxon dialect.

{| cellspacing="10" style="white-space: wrap"
! Line || Original || [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] || Word-for-word translation into Modern English || Translation
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| 1 ||{{lang|ang|Fæder ūre þū þe eart on heofonum,}}
| {{IPA|[ˈfæ.der ˈuː.re θuː θe æɑ̯rt on ˈheo̯.vo.num]}}
|Father Ours, thou which art in heavens,
|Our Father, who art in heaven,
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| 2 || {{lang|ang|Sīe þīn nama ġehālgod.}}
| {{IPA|[siːy̯ θiːn ˈnɒ.mɑ jeˈhɑːɫ.ɣod]}}
| Be thine name hallowed.
| Hallowed be thy name.
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| 3 || {{lang|ang|Tōbecume þīn rīċe,}}
| {{IPA|[ˌtoː.beˈku.me θiːn ˈriː.t͡ʃe]}}
|To be come [is] thine kingdom,
|Thy kingdom come,
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| 4 || {{lang|ang|Ġeweorðe þīn willa, on eorðan swā swā on heofonum.}}
| {{IPA|[jeˈweo̯rˠ.ðe θiːn ˈwil.lɑ on ˈeo̯rˠ.ðan swɑː swɑː on ˈheo̯.vo.num]}}
| Let there be thine will, on earth so so in heavens.
| Thy will be done on earth as in heaven.
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| 5 || {{lang|ang|Ūrne dæġhwamlīcan hlāf sele ūs tōdæġ,}}
| {{IPA|[ˈuːrˠ.ne ˈdæj.ʍɑmˌliː.kɑn hl̥ɑːf ˈse.le uːs toːˈdæj]}}
| Our daily loaf sell us today,
| Give us this day our daily bread,
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| 6 || {{lang|ang|And forġief ūs ūre gyltas, swā swā wē forġiefaþ ūrum gyltendum.}}
| {{IPA|[ɒnd forˠˈjiy̯f uːs ˈuː.re ˈɣyl.tɑs swɑː swɑː weː forˠˈjiy̯.vɑθ uː.rum ˈɣyl.ten.dum]}}
| And forgive us our guilts, so so we forgiveth our guilters.
| And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| 7 || {{lang|ang|And ne ġelǣd þū ūs on costnunge, ac ālīes ūs of yfele.}}
| {{IPA|[ɒnd ne jeˈlæːd θuː uːs on ˈkost.nuŋ.ɡe ɑk ɑːˈliːy̯s uːs of ˈy.ve.le]}}
| And not lead thou us in costening, but alease us of evil.
| And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| 8 || {{lang|ang|Sōðlīċe.}}
| {{IPA|[ˈsoːðˌliː.t͡ʃe]}}
| Soothly.
| Amen.
|}