Pater Noster in Middle English

Language: Middle English (Wikipedia)

Ure fadyr in heaven¹ rich.
Thy name be halyed everlich.
Thou² bring us thy michell blisse:
Als hit³ in heaven⁴ y-doe,
Evar⁵ in yearth beene⁶ it also.
That⁷ holy bread⁸ that lasteth⁹ ay.
Thou send it ous¹⁰ this ilke¹¹ day.
Forgive ous¹² all that we havith¹³ don.
As we forgivet¹⁴ uch other mon:
Ne¹⁵ let ous fall into no founding,
Ac¹⁶ sheild¹⁷ ous fro the fowle¹⁸ thing. Amen.¹⁹

Footnotes

1: Chamberlayne: heauen
2: London, Chamberlayne: ever lich. Thou; Pantographia: hallyed ever lich. Thou
3: London: blise: Als vit; Chamberlayne: bliese: Als vit
4: London: heveny; Chamberlayne: heaveny
5: London, Chamberlayne: doe, Euear; Pantographia: y doe, Evar
6: London, Chamberlayne: been
7: London, Chamberlayne: alsoe. That
8: London, Chamberlayne: breade
9: London, Chamberlayne: lasteith
10: London, Chamberlayne: us
11: London: like
12: London, Chamberlayne: us
13: London, Pantographia, Chamberlayne: have
14: London, Chamberlayne: forgive
15: London: on: Ne
16: London, Chamberlayne: founding, Ne
17: London, Chamberlayne: sheld; Pantographia: shield
18: London, Chamberlayne: foule
19: London, Pantographia, Chamberlayne: Amen.

Attested In

• Remains Concerning Britain p. 17 (Rime sent from Rome by Pope Adrian)
• London p. 68 (Anglica altera Vetustior ab Adriano Pontifice (ex Anglorum gente oriundo) concinnata, ut a junioribus suis popularibus edisceretur, circa Annum 1156.)
  Text

  Ure fadyr in heaven rich.
  Thy name be halyed ever lich.
  Thou bring us thy michell blise:
  Als vit in heveny doe,
  Euear in yearth been it alsoe.
  That holy breade that lasteith ay.
  Thou send us this like day.
  Forgive us all that we have don.
  As we forgive uch other on:
  Ne let ous fall into no founding,
  Ne sheld ous fro the foule thing. Amen.
• Chamberlayne p. 71 (Anglice, seculi XIImi) – ab Adriano Pontifice ex Anglorum
  Text

  Ure fadyr in heauen rich.
  Thy name be halyed ever lich.
  Thou bring us thy michell bliese:
  Als vit in heaveny doe,
  Euear in yearth been it alsoe.
  That holy breade that lasteith ay.
  Thou send us this ilke day.
  Forgive us all that we have don.
  As we forgive uch other mon:
  Ne let ous fall into no founding,
  Ne sheld ous fro the foule thing. Amen.
• Martin p. 14 n. 54 (About the year 1160, in the time of Henry the second)
• Hervas p. 190 n. 216 (Inglese de'secoli duodecimo)
• Pantographia p. 64 (English 3) – About 1160, in the reign of King Henry II. the annexed Lord’s Prayer was rendered in rhyme, and sent from Rome by Pope Adrian, an Englishman. Wilk. Ess. p. 7. Orat. Dom. p. 68.
  Text

  Ure fadyr in heaven rich.
  Thy name be hallyed ever lich.
  Thou bring us thy michell blisse:
  Als hit in heaven y doe,
  Evar in yearth beene it also.
  That holy bread that lasteth ay.
  Thou send it ous this ilke day.
  Forgive ous all that we have don.
  As we forgivet uch other mon:
  Ne let ous fall into no founding,
  Ac shield ous fro the fowle thing. Amen.
• Adelung Part 2 p. 334 n. 198 (Von dem Papst Adrian, in Reimen um 1156.) – Aus Camden's Remains S. 32

Notes

This version comes from MS Harley No. 3724, fol. 44, dated to the 13th century, currently in the British Library. The text from the MS is published in Reliquiae Antiquae, p. 57.