Norn Language - Sample Text

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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)
Fira honga, fira gonga,
Fira staad upo "skø"
Twa veestra vaig a bee
And een comes atta driljandi.
Faroese
Fýra hanga, fýra ganga,
Fýra standa uppí ský
Tvey vísa veg á bø
Og ein darlar aftast
Icelandic
Fjórir hanga, fjórir ganga,
Fjórir veg vísa,
Tveir fyrir hundum verja
Einn eftir drallar,
sá er oftast saurugur
Orcadian dialect of Scots (not Norn)
Foweer hing-hangers,
An’fower ching-changers,
An’ een comes dinglan efter
English translation
Four hang, four walk,
Four stand skyward,
Two show the way to the field
And one comes shaking behind
Traditional version from England
Four dilly danders
Four upstanders
Two lookers
Two crookers
And a wig-wag

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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