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Fernandes Lucas Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
The Lord's Prayer
What does "art" means in this part of the prayer "Our Father, which art in heaven"?
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which art = who are 'which art' is the English of many centuries ago. Nobody speaks like that anymore. CJ
- which art = who are 'which art' is the English of many centuries ago.
- Nobody speaks like that anymore.
- CJ
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which art = who are
'which art' is the English of many centuries ago. Nobody speaks like that anymore.
CJ
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You can see how the English Language has changed over the past thousand years. The major eras are Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Modern English. Here is the Lord's Prayer in each of these eras.
Lord's Prayer in Old English (Around 900 AD)
Fæder ure
þu þe eart on heofonum,
si þin nama gehalgod.
Tobecume þin rice.
Gewurþe ðin willa on eorða
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