The Kentish Hymn
Verse Indeterminate Saxon


Wuton wuldrian      weorada dryhten
halgan hlioðorcwidum,      hiofenrices weard,
lufian liofwendum,      lifes agend,
and him simle sio      sigefest wuldor

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uppe mid ænglum,      and on eorðan sibb
gumena gehwilcum      goodes willan.
We ðe heriað      halgum stefnum
and þe blætsiað,      bilewit feder,
and ðe þanciað,      þioda walden,

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ðines weorðlican      wuldordreames
and ðinra miclan      mægena gerena,
ðe ðu, god dryhten,      gastes mæhtum
hafest on gewealdum      hiofen and eorðan,
an ece feder,      ælmehtig god.

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ðu eart cyninga cyningc      cwicera gehwilces,
ðu eart sigefest sunu      and soð helend
ofer ealle gesceft      angla and manna.
ðu, dryhten god,      on dreamum wunast
on ðære upplican      æðelan ceastre,

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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 þinre arfestnesse      ealle towurpe,

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fiond geflæmdest,      follc generedes,
blode gebohtest      bearn Israela,
ða ðu ahofe      ðurh ðæt halige triow
ðinre ðrowunga      ðriostre senna,
þæt ðu on hæahsetle      heafena rices

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sitest sigehræmig      on ða swiðran hand
ðinum godfæder,      gasta gemyndig.
Mildsa nu, meahtig,      manna cynne,
and of leahtrum ales      ðine ða liofan gesceft,
and us hale gedo,      heleða sceppend,

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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,

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forðan ðu on ðrymme ricsast      and on ðrinesse
and on annesse,      ealles waldend,
hiofena heahcyninc,      haliges gastes
fegere gefelled      in fæder wuldre.