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Wessex Gospels

The Wessex Gospels (also known as the West-Saxon Gospels or Old English Gospels) are a translation of the four gospels of the Christian Bible into a West Saxon dialect of Old English. Produced from approximately AD 990 in England, this version has been considered the first translation of all four gospels into stand-alone Old English text. Seven manuscript copies survive. Its transcribing was supervised by the monk Ælfric of Eynsham.

The text of Matthew 6:9–13, the Lord's Prayer, is as follows:

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