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

INTRODUCTION.

                                    
                                       [col 1] All mannkinn, fra þatt Adam wass
                                    
                                      Þurrh Drihhtin wrohht off eorþe,
                                    
                                      Anán till þatt itt cumenn wass
                                    
                                      Till Cristess dæþ o rode,
                                    
                                      All fór till helle forr þatt gillt
                                      Line 5 
                                    
                                      Þatt Adam haffde gilltedd,
                                    
                                      Þurrh þatt he Godess bo˘deword
                                    
                                      Forrle¯¯t forr lítell nede.
                                    
                                      Forr wel he mihhte lokenn himm,
                                    
                                      Ȝiff þatt he wollde himm lokenn,
                                      Line 10 
                                    
                                      Fra þatt anlĕpiȝ treo þatt himm
                                    
                                      Drihhtin forrbodenn haffde,
                                    
                                      Þær þær he fand off oþre treos
                                    
                                      Full gode treos inoȝhe.
                                    
                                      & forrþi þatt he bracc onnȝæn
                                      Line 15 
                                    
                                      Drihhtin all hise þannkess,
                                    
                                      Forrþi wass mikell wræche sett
                                    
                                      Onnȝæn þatt woh wiþþ rihhte.
                                    
                                      Forr þatt wass mikell wræche wiss
                                    
                                      Þatt all follc fór till helle,
                                      Line 20 
                                    
                                      To ben á butenn ende þær
                                    
                                      Forr áness manness gillte.
                                    
                                      & itt wass þohh full mikell rihht,
                                    
                                      Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
                                    
                                      Þatt all follc wass forrgillt, þurrh þatt
                                      Line 25 
                                    
                                      Þatt Adam wass forrgilltedd.
                                    
                                      Forr all follc wass þatt illke streon
                                    
                                      Þatt Adam haffde strenedd,

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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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