A Prayer University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.28 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems A Prayer
æla drihten leof æla dema god geara me ece waldend ic wat mine saule synnum forwundod gehæl ðu hy heofena drihten and gelacna ðu hy lifes ealdor forðan ðu eðest miht ealra læca ðæra ðe gewurde side oððe wyde æla frea beorhta folces scippend gemilsa ðyn mod me to gode sile ðyne are ðynum earminge se byð earming ðe on eorðan her dæiges and nihtes deofle campað and hys willan wyrcð wa him ðære mirigðe ðonne he ða handlean hafað and sceawað bute he ðæs yfeles ær geswyce se byð eadig se ðe on eorðan her dæiges and nyhtes drihtne hyræð and a hys willan wyrcð wel hym ðæs geweorces ðonne he ða handlean hafað and sceawað gyf he ealteawne ende gedreogeð æla leohtes leoht æla lyfes wynn getiða me tireadig cyning ðonne ic minre sawle swegles bydde ece are ðu eart eaðe god hæfst and waldest ana ofer ealle eorðan and heofonas syddra gesceafta ðu eart soð meotod ana ofer ealle eorðbugende swilce on heofonum up ðu eart hælend god ne mæg ðe aherian hæleða ænig ðeh us gesomnie geond sidne grund men ofer moldan geond ealne middaneard ne mage we næfre asæcgan ne ðæt soðe witan hu ðu æðele eart ece drihten ne ðeah engla werod up on heofenum snotra tosomne sæcgan ongunnon ne magon hy næfre areccean ne ðæt gerim wytan hu ðu mære eart mihtig drihten ac is wunder mycel wealdend engla gif ðu hit sylfa wast sigores ealdor hu ðu mære eart mihtig and mægenstrang ealra cyninga cyning crist lifiende ealra worulda scippend wealdend engla ealra dugeða duguð drihten hælend ðu eart se æðela ðe on ærdagum ealra femnena wyn fægere acende on bethleem ðære byrig beornum to frofre eallum to are ylda bearnum ðam ðe gelyfað on lyfiendne god and on ðæt ece leoht uppe on roderum ðyn mægen ys swa mære mihtig drihten swa ðæt ænig ne wat eorðbuende ða deopnesse drihtnes mihta ne ðæt ænig ne wat engla hades ða heahnisse heofena cyninges ic ðe andette ælmihtig god ðæt ic gelyfe on ðe leofa hælend ðæt ðu eart se miccla and se mægenstranga and se eadmoda ealra goda and se ece cyning ealra gesceafta and ic eom se litla for ðe and se lyðra man se her syngige swiðe genehhe dæges and nihtes do swa ic ne sceolde hwile mid weorce hwile mid worde hwile mid geðohte ðearle scyldi inwitniðas oft and gelome ac ic ðe halsige nu heofena drihten and gebidde me to ðe bearna selost ðæt ðu gemilsige me mihtig drihten heofena heahcyning and se halga gast and gefylste me fæder ælmihtig ðæt ic ðinne willan gewyrcean mæge ær ic of ðysum lænan lyfe gehweorfe ne forweorn ðu me wuldres drihten ac getyða me tyreadig cyning læt me mid englum up siðian sittan on swegle herian heofonas god haligum reorde a butan ende amen