Everything about Northumbrian Anglo-saxon totally explained
Northumbrian, also known as
Ynglis and
Inglis, was a
dialect of the
Old English language spoken in the
Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. Together with
Mercian it was one of the two
Anglian dialects introduced by the
Angles. The other two dialects of Old English were
Kentish and
West Saxon.
The dialect was spoken from the
Humber, now within
England, to the
Firth of Forth, now within
Scotland. During the
Viking invasions of the
9th century, Northumbrian came under the influence of the
languages of the Viking invaders.
The Viking invasion forced the dialect to split in two. The southern Northumbrian dialect was heavily influenced by Norse. The northern Northumbrian dialect not only retained a lot of the Old English words (replaced in the south by Norse words) but was also a strong influence on the development of the English language in northern England, especially the dialects of modern
North east England. Later its early
Middle English descendant began to evolve into the
Scots language in Scotland.
The Lord's Prayer
Examples of the first English literature include
Christ's Prayer in Anglo-Saxon from c. 650, which begins "Faeder ure, Thu the eart on heofonum,". Some Scottish and Northumbrian folk still say /uːr 'feðər/ or /uːr 'fɪðər/"our father" and [ðu:e:rt] "thou art".
FADER USÆR ðu arðin heofnu
Sie gehalgad NOMA ÐIN.
Tocymeð RÍC ÐIN.
Sie WILLO ÐIN
suæ is in heofne and in eorðo.
HLAF USERNE of'wistlic sel ús todæg,
and f'gef us SCYLDA USRA,
suæ uoe f'gefon SCYLDGUM USUM.
And ne inlæd usih in costunge,
ah is in heofne and in eorðo.
Other examples of this dialect are the
Runes on the
Ruthwell Cross from the
Dream of the Rood.
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