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Oure fadir that art in hevenes
/ˈuːrə ˈfaːdir θat aːrt in ˈhevənəs/

Halwid be thi name
/ˈhalwid beː θiː ˈnaːmə/

Thi kingdom come to
/θiː ˈkɪŋdɔm ˈkum tə/

Be thi wille don in erthe as in hevene
/beː θiː ˈwilə dɔn in ˈɛrθə as in ˈhevənə/

Yeve to us this dai oure breed ovir othir substaunce
/ˈjev tə us ðis daːi ˈuːrə ˈbrɛːd ˈoːvər ˈoːθir ˈsubˌstaːnsə/

And foryeve to us oure dettis
/and ˈforjev tə us ˈuːrə ˈdɛtis/

As we foryeven to oure dettours
/as weː forˈjevən tə ˈuːrə ˈdɛtuːrs/

And lede us not into temptacioun
/and ˈleːdə us nɔt ˈintuː tɛmpˈtaːsjun/

But delyvere us from yvel
/but dəˈlivərə us frɔm ˈiːvəl/

Amen
/ˈaːˌmɛn/

“Halwid” = hallowed, sanctified.

“Yeve” = give (archaic verb form; “yeven” was the infinitive).

“Oure breed ovir othir substaunce” = our daily bread (i.e., essential nourishment).

“Dettis / dettours” = debts / debtors (spiritual and moral obligations).

“Temptacioun” = temptation.

“Yvel” = evil.

/θ/ — voiceless, as in thin

By the 1400s, the Old English letters þ (thorn) and ð (eth) were being replaced by "th" in spelling, largely due to Norman scribes who didn’t use the thorn and eth characters. So even though they wrote "th," they still spoke with /θ/ and /ð/ sounds.

However, exact distribution was more variable and dialect-dependent than in Modern English. Some regions voiced more “th”s than others. In the Chancery Standard (London-based dialect becoming dominant in the 1400s), it mostly resembled modern pronunciation.

Word Middle English Pronunciation Modern
that þat / that /θat/ that
the þe / the /ðə/ the
other oþer / other /ˈoðər/ other

/ð/ — voiced, as in this

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