"Urin Fader thic arth in heofnas;
Our father which art in heaven;

sic gehalgud thin noma;
be hallowed thy name;

to cymeth thin ryc;
to come thy kingdom:

sic thin willa sue is in heofnas & in eorthe;
be thy will so is in heaven and in earth;

urin hlaf ofirwistlic sel us to daig;
our loaf super-excellent give us to day;

and forgefe us scylda urna;
and forgive us debts ours;

sue we forgefan scyldgum urum;
so we forgiven debts of ours;

and no inlead usig in custnung;
and not lead us into temptation;

ah gefrig usich from ifle.
but free us each from evil.


The new Danish irruptions again arrested the progress of learning, and
ignorance and misery, as is usual, followed in the train of war. Alfred