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The Lord's Prayer in Norn[edit]
The Norn language was spoken on the Orkney and Shetland Islands from the ninth to the eighteenth century.
Orkney Norn[edit]
Wallace transcription; 1700
- Favor i ir i chimrie, Helleur ir i nam thite,
- gilla cosdum thite cumma, veya thine mota vara gort
- o yurn sinna gort i chimrie,
- ga vus da on da dalight brow vora
- Firgive vus sinna vora sin vee Firgive sindara mutha vus,
- lyv vus ye i tumtation, min delivera vus fro olt ilt, Amen.
Shetland Norn[edit]
Low transcription; 1774 – after George Low as edited by Joseph Anderson; 1879
- Fy vor or er i Chimeri.
- Halaght vara nam dit.
- La konungdum din cumma.
- La vill din vera guerde i vrildin sindaeri chimeri.
- Gav vus dagh u dagloght brau.
- Forgive sindorwara sin vi forgiva gem ao sinda gainst wus.
- Lia wus ikè o vera tempa, but delivra wus fro adlu idlu
- for do i ir kongungdum, u puri, u glori, Amen.