by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Dat gafregin ih mit firahim firiuuizzo...
Language: Old High German (Althochdeutsch) 
Dat gafregin ih mit firahim firiuuizzo meista
Dat ero ni uuas noh ufhimil
noh paum noh pereg ni uuas
ni [...] nohheinig noh sunna ni scein
noh mano ni liuhta noh der mareo seo

Do dar niuuiht ni uuas enteo ni uuenteo
enti do uuas der eino almahtico cot
manno miltisto enti dar uuarun auh manake mit inan
cootlihhe geista enti cot heilac [...]

Cot almahtico, du himil enti erda gauuorahtos 
enti du mannun so manac coot forgapi forgip mir 
in dina ganada rehta galaupa enti cotan uuilleon 
uuistom enti spahida enti craft tiuflun za uuidarstantanne 
enti arc za piuuisanne enti dinan uuilleon za gauurchanne

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Confirmed with Elias von Steinmeyer, Die kleineren Althochdeutschen Sprachdenkmäler, page 16.


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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Das Wessobrunner Gebet" ; composed by Max Bruch.

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