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The following are Norn and old Norse versions of the Lord's Prayer:
- Orkney Norn:
- 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:
- Fyvor 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.
- Amen.
- Old West Norse:
- Faþer vár es ert í himenríki, / verði nafn þitt hæilagt
- Til kome ríke þitt, / værði vili þin
- sva a iarðu sem í himnum. / Gef oss í dag brauð vort dagligt
- Ok fyr gefþu oss synþer órar, / sem vér fyr gefom þeim er viþ oss hafa misgert
- Leiðd oss eigi í freistni, / heldr leys þv oss frá ollu illu.
- Amen.
- Faroese
- Faðir vár, tú sum ert í himlinum. / Heilagt verði navnið títt.
- Komi ríkið títt. / Verði vilji tín,
- so sum á himli, so á jørð. / Gev okkum í dag okkara dagliga breyð.
- Fyrigev okkum syndir okkara, / so sum vit eisini fyrigeva teimum, ið móti okkum synda.
- Leið okkum ikki í freistingar, / men frels okkum frá tí illa.
- Amen.
- Icelandic
- Faðir vor, þú sem ert á himnum. / Helgist þitt nafn,
- til komi þitt ríki, / verði þinn vilji,
- svo á jörðu sem á himni. / Gef oss í dag vort daglegt brauð.
- Fyrirgef oss vorar skuldir, / svo sem vér og fyrirgefum vorum skuldunautum.
- Og eigi leið þú oss í freistni, / heldur frelsa oss frá illu.
- Amen.
- Norwegian (nynorsk)
- Fader vår, du som er i himmelen! / Lat namnet ditt helgast.
- Lat riket ditt koma. / Lat viljen din råda
- på jorda så som i himmelen. / Gjev oss i dag vårt daglege brød.
- Forlat vår skuld, / som vi òg forlèt våre skuldmenn.
- Før oss ikkje ut i freisting, / men frels oss frå det vonde.
- Amen.
A Shetland "guddick" (riddle) in Norn, which Jakob Jakobsen heard told on Unst, the northernmost island in Shetland, in the 1890s. The same riddle is also known from the Faroe Islands, from Iceland, and a variation also occurs in England.
Shetland Norn (Jakob Jakobsen)
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Faroese
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Icelandic
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Orcadian dialect of Scots (not Norn)
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English translation
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Traditional version from England
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The answer is a cow: four teats hang, four legs walk, two horns and two ears stand skyward, two eyes show the way to the field and one tail comes shaking (dangling) behind.
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