# The Kentish Hymn

wuton wuldrian || weorada dryhten
halgan hlioðorcwidum || hiofenrices weard
lufian liofwendum || lifæs agend
and him simle sio || sigefæst wuldor
uppe mid ænglum || and on eorðan sibb
gumena gehwilcum || goodes willan
we ðe heriað || halgum stefnum
and ðe blætsiað || bilewit fæder
and ðe ðanciað || ðioda walden
ðines weorðlican || wuldordreames
and ðinra miclan || mægena gerena
ðe ðu god dryhten || gastes mæhtum
hafest on gewealdum || hiofen and eorðan
an ece fæder || ælmehtig god
ðu eart cyninga cyningc || cwicera gehwilces
ðu eart sigefest sunu || and soð hælend
ofer ealle gescæft || angla and manna
ðu dryhten god || on dreamum wunast
on ðære upplican || æðelan ceastre
frea folca gehwæs || swa ðu æt fruman wære
efeneadig bearn || agenum fæder
ðu eart heofenlic lioht || and ðæt halige lamb
ðe ðu manscilde || middangeardes
for ðinre arfæstnesse || ealle towurpe
fiond geflæmdest || follc generedes
blode gebohtest || bearn israela
ða ðu ahofe || ðurh ðæt halige triow
ðinre ðrowunga || ðriostre senna
ðæt ðu on hæahsetle || heafena rices
sitest sigehræmig || on ða swiðran hand
ðinum godfæder || gasta gemyndig
mildsa nu meahtig || manna cynne
and of leahtrum ales || ðine ða liofan gescæft
and us hale gedo || heleða sceppend
niða nergend || for ðines naman are
ðu eart soðlice || simle halig
and ðu eart ana || æce dryhten
and ðu ana bist || eallra dema
cwucra ge deadra || crist nergende
forðan ðu on ðrymme ricsast || and on ðrinesse
and on annesse || ealles waldend
hiofena heahcyninc || haliges gastes
fegere gefelled || in fæder wuldre