Pater Noster in Middle English

Language: Middle English (Wikipedia)

Fadir ur that es in hevene,
Halud¹ be thi Nam to nevene:
Thou² do us³ thi rich rike,
Thi Will erd be wroght elk:
As⁴ it is⁵ wroght in Heven ay,
Ur ilk Day Brede⁶ give us to Day:
Forgive thou all⁷ us dettes urs
As⁸ we forgive till ur detturs
And ledde us in na fanding
But⁹ sculd us fra ivel Thing.¹⁰

Footnotes

1: Chamberlayne: heven, Halud
2: Chamberlayne: neven: Thu
3: Chamberlayne: have
4: Chamberlayne: elk: Als
5: Chamberlayne: es
6: Chamberlayne: ilkday brede
7: Chamberlayne: day: Forgive thu till
8: Chamberlayne: urs Als
9: Chamberlayne: fanding Bot
10: Chamberlayne: thing.

Attested In

• Chamberlayne p. 73 (Anglice, seculi XIIItii) – ex Libello Orationis Dominicae Versiones Septentrionales continentis
  Text

  Fadir ur that es in heven,
  Halud be thi Nam to neven:
  Thu do us have thi rich rike,
  Thi Will erd be wroght elk:
  Als it es wroght in Heven ay,
  Ur ilkday brede give us to day:
  Forgive thu till us dettes urs
  Als we forgive till ur detturs
  And ledde us in na fanding
  Bot sculd us fra ivel thing.
• Martin p. 15 n. 56
• Hervas p. 190 n. 219 (Inglese de'secoli decimo-terzo)
• Pantographia p. 64 (English 4) – About 1250, in the reign of Henry III. we find it thus rendered also in rhyme. Martin’s Inst. p. 15.

Notes

This version is part of the Cursor Mundi poem, published by the Early English Text Society, volume 3, page 1436.