The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.

                                
                                  Þatt waȝȝn iss nemmnedd quaþþrigan
                                
                                  Þatt hafeþþ fowwre wheless;
                                
                                  & Goddspell iss þatt waȝȝn, forrþi
                                
                                  Þatt itt iss fowwre bokess;
                                
                                  & Goddspell iss Jesusess waȝȝn
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                                  Þatt gaþ o fowwre wheless,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt itt iss sett o boc
                                
                                  Þurrh fowwre Goddspellwrihhtess.
                                
                                  & Jesuss iss Amminadab,
                                
                                  Swa summ icc hafe shæwedd,
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                                  Forr þatt he swallt o rodetre
                                
                                  All wiþþ hiss fulle wille.
                                
                                  & Goddspell forr þatt illke þing
                                
                                  Iss Currus Salomoniss,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt i þiss middellærd,
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                                  Þurrh Goddspellwrihhtess fowwre,
                                
                                  Waȝȝneþþ soþ Crist fra land to land
                                
                                  Þurrh Cristess Lerninngcnihhtess,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ i þiss middellærd
                                
                                  Flittenn & farenn wide,
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                                  Fra land to land, fra burrh to burrh,
                                
                                  To spellenn to þe lede
                                
                                  Off soþ Crist & off Crisstenndom,
                                
                                  & off þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  & off þatt lif þatt ledeþþ menn
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                                  Upp inntill heffness blisse.
                                
                                  Þurrh swillc þeȝȝ berenn Hælennd Crist
                                
                                  Alls iff þeȝȝ karrte wærenn
                                
                                  Off wheless fowwre, forr þatt all
                                
                                  Goddspelless hallȝhe lare

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Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

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