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Old English Translator is built for creative writing, study, research, and heritage work — this translator helps convert modern English into authentic Old English without losing historical accuracy.
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Old English Phrases: Beowulf, Prayer, and Epic Lines
Examples people often look up when studying Anglo-Saxon — epic openings like Beowulf, lines from the Lord's Prayer, warrior and wyrd sayings, friendship, wisdom, and kennings of sea and hall.
Beowulf & epic poetry
Epos & lēoð
Listen! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in days of yore.
Hwæt! We Gār-Dena in geārdagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrūnon, hū ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
So ought a young man to flourish by good deeds among his people.
Swa sceal geong mann wel gedon mid godum dædum on his folce.
Better it is to avenge one's friend than to mourn endlessly.
Betre hit is freondum to wrecenne donne endelēase wepan.
Each of us must await the end of life in this world.
Ælc þara þe wē sind, sceal þone ende þæs līfes on þissum middangearde wunian.
Warriors, wyrd, and honor
Cēmpan & wyrd
Fate goes ever as it must.
Wyrd gæð æfre swā hit mæg.
Courage is the best shield in battle.
Cen is þæt betste scyld on gefeohte.
I will stand firm in the hall this night.
Ic standan fæst in healle þisre nihte.
Glory awaits the bold.
Wuldor wænt þæm dyrstum.
The Lord's Prayer (opening lines)
Fæder ūre
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Fæder ūre þū þe eart on heofonum, Sī þīn nama gehālgod.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Þīn rīce cume, þīn willa geweorþe on eorðan swā swā on heofonum.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Gief us tō dæge ūre dæghwāmlīcan hlāf.
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Forgif us ure gyltas swa swa we forgifað þæm þe wið us synnað.
Love, loyalty, and blessing
Lufu & hold
I love you with all my heart.
Ic lufie þē mid eallum mīnre heortan.
You are a true friend to me.
Þu eart soðfæst freond to me.
I will remember you always.
Ic þec gemynde æfre.
May God keep you safe.
Gode wille þē gehealdan.
Wisdom and truth
Wīsdōm & sōþ
The wise among us guard their words carefully.
Þá wísan on úrum healdap heora worda sōþlīce.
Truth outlasts every lie in the end.
Sōþ oferwunaþ ælce lēogan æt nēahstan.
Patience in hardship wins honor.
Þolmodnes on earfoðnesse winnþ wuldor.
Knowledge is a treasure greater than gold.
Wīsdōm is goldes māre goldhord.
Sea, seasons, hall, and sky
Sǣ & heall
The sea stretches far before our ship.
Sǣ strecþ feor ofer ūre scip.
Winter has tightened its grip on the land.
Winter hæfþ his grip on þære eorðan geþrungen.
At dawn the great hall stood empty.
Æt dæges rime stōd sēo micla heall ġeondlǣċen.
The night sky is bright with stars.
Þæt nihtlic heofon is beorht mid steorrum.
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An AI-powered Old English translator built to turn your modern English into authentic Old English (Anglo-Saxon), with bidirectional support whenever you need to translate the other way.
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