Pater Noster in Old English

Language: Old English (Wikipedia)

Footnotes

1: London: fader
2: Pantographia: Fader uren ðu arð
3: Pantographia: sie
4: Pantographia: Noma ðin
5: London: ryc; Pantographia: cymeð ric ðin
6: Pantographia: Sie fillo ðin suæ is
7: Pantographia: Heofne &
8: Pantographia: Eorða
9: Pantographia: Hlaf uferne oferwirtlic
10: Pantographia: dæg
11: Pantographia: &
12: London: forgefe
13: London: sue; Pantographia: scylða usna suæ
14: London: forgefan; Pantographia: forgefon
15: Pantographia: Scylgum
16: Pantographia: ne
17: London: text until 'usich' omitted
18: Pantographia: usið
19: London: lead usith in
20: Pantographia: Cortnunge
21: London: Ah
22: Pantographia: Ah gefrigusich
23: Pantographia: Evil

Attested In

• Remains Concerning Britain p. 15 (antient Saxon) – Eadfride the eight Bishop of Lindisfarne
• Wilkins n. 19 (Old Saxon)
• Reuter p. 5r (Anglo Saxonicè)
• Müller p. 44 (Anglo-Saxonica altera vetustior) – Reut. n. 19. Conf. Wilk. n. 19.
• London p. 54 (Anglo-Saxonica altera vetustior) – Reut. n. 19. Conf. Wilk. n. 19.
  Text

  Uren fader thic arth in heofnas.

  Our Father, who art in heaven

  Sic gehalgud thin noma.

  hallowed be thy name

  To cymeth thin ryc.

  thy kingdom come

  Sic thin Willa sue, Is in heofnas and in eortho.

  thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven

  Uren hlaf ofer wirtlic sel us to daeg.

  Give us this day our daily bread

  And forgefe us scylda urna, sue we forgefan scyldgum urum.

  and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us

  And no in lead usith in custnung.

  and lead us not into temptation

  Ah gefrig urich from ifle.

  but deliver us from evil.
• Chamberlayne p. 56 (Anglo-Saxonice, dialecto vetustiori) – ex Editione Londinensi
• Martin p. 14 n. 51 (gloss on the Evangelists by bishop Eadfride)
• Hervas p. 190 n. 214 (Anglo-Sassone di diversi tempi)
• Pantographia p. 260 (Saxon 3) – Camden's Remains, p. 23
  Text

  Fader uren ðu arð in Heofnas.

  Our Father, who art in heaven

  sie gehalgud Noma ðin.

  hallowed be thy name

  To cymeð ric ðin.

  thy kingdom come

  Sie fillo ðin suæ is in Heofne & in Eorða.

  thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven

  Hlaf uferne oferwirtlic sel us to dæg.

  Give us this day our daily bread

  & forgef us scylða usna suæ we forgefon Scylgum urum.

  and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us

  And ne inlead usið in Cortnunge.

  and lead us not into temptation

  Ah gefrigusich from Evil.

  but deliver us from evil.
• Adelung Part 2 p. 332 n. 193 (Wahrscheinlich die vorige [Dänisch-Sächsisch] in einer andern Mundart) – Aus Will. Camden's Remains, S. 30

Notes

The text comes from the Lindisfarne Gospels, Cotton MS Nero D IV manuscript.