Old English

(eleventh century)

Middle English

(fourteenth century)

[1]     Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum

[2]     Si þin nama gehalgod

[3]     to becume þin rice

[4]     gewurþe ðin willa

[5]     on eorðan swa swa on heofonum.

[6]     urne gedæghwamlican hlaf syle us todæg

[7]     and forgyf us ure gyltas

[8]     swa swa we forgyfað urum gyltendum

[9]     and ne gelæd þu us on costnunge

[10]   ac alys us of yfele

[11]   soþlice.

Oure fadir þat art in heuenes

halwid be þi name

Þi reume or kyngdom come to be.

Be þi wille don

in herþe as it is doun in heuene.

ʒeue to vs þis day oure eche dayes bred.

And forʒeue to vs oure dettis

as we forʒeuen to oure dettouris.

And lede vs nat in to temptacioun,

but delyuere vs fro yuel.

Amen.