Tiw or Tyr as he is known in the Norse Mythology is the Heathen
god of law and justice. Any seeking justice should pray to him. What follows
is a prayer to Tiw in Anglo-Saxon
Tiwes Bed
Aewe god---hál ábéode!
Þinges Tíw---Þrymcyning,
Þú fédest þone wulf---Þe óðera
gefærte,
Þú nóme his tréwðe---Þe getí
wæs hé,
Þí hand nóm wolf---Hwonne bande þ wearg
Swá ánhende ós---Híe inclypiað þé.
Tíw þú bist tácna---Healdest tréwða
well,
Wið æþelingas---Þú bist on færelde,
Ofer nihta genihtu---Næfre sw&iaute;cest.
Sigebéacn tó manigum---Swicléas lædere síða,
Þá híe riht déore healt---Þín
hand oncíegað
Tó sóþe---Tó lage and léafe,
Tó mærum dædum---Ond mihitigum wordum,
Léode laðað Heargwearde---Ond lofiað þínne
nama
Sigedryhten---Sóðfæer,
Ánhende ós---Aewe god;
Dém gód úrum dæum---Ond úrum drengum
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