<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> gomban gyldan . Þæt ƿæs gōd cyning! </Td> <Td> (and) yeme (heed / obedience; related to "gormless") yield . That was (a) good king! </Td> </Tr> <P> A semi-fluent translation in Modern English would be: </P> <P> Lo! We have heard of majesty of the Spear - Danes, of those nation - kings in the days of yore, and how those noblemen promoted zeal . Scyld Scefing took away mead - benches from bands of enemies, from many tribes; he terrified earls . Since he was first found destitute (he gained consolation for that) he grew under the heavens, prospered in honours, until each of those who lived around him over the sea had to obey him, give him tribute . That was a good king! </P> <P> This text of the Lord's Prayer is presented in the standardised West Saxon literary dialect, with added macrons for vowel length, markings for probable palatalised consonants, modern punctuation, and the replacement of the letter ƿynn with w . </P>

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