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

                                
                                  Forrwhi þe preost swa lannge wass
                                
                                  Þatt daȝȝ att Godess allterr.
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                                  & tanne comm he siþþenn u¯¯t
                                
                                  All dumb & butenn spæche,
                                
                                  & toc to becnenn till þe follc,
                                
                                  & spacc he nohht wiþþ tunge.
                                
                                  & ta þeȝȝ wisstenn sone anan
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                                  Forr whatt he dwelledd haffde;
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ wisstenn þatt himm wass þatt daȝȝ
                                
                                  Summ unncuþ sihhþe shæwedd.
                                
                                  & Zacaríȝe for himm ham
                                
                                  Affterr þa daȝhess sone.
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                                  & siþþenn warrþ Elyzabæth
                                
                                  Off himm þurrh Godd wiþþ childe;
                                
                                  & ȝho¯¯t forrhall fif moneþþ wel,
                                
                                  Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
                                
                                  & tuss ȝho seȝȝde inn hire þohht
                                  Line 235 
                                
                                  Off hire dærne sellþe;
                                
                                   [col 5] Þuss hafeþþ Drihhtin don wiþþ me,
                                
                                  Þurrh hiss orrmete millce,
                                
                                  Þatt icc ne beo mang wimmannkinn
                                
                                  Till hæþinng butenn chilldre.
                                  Line 240 
                                
                                  Her endenn twa Goddspelless þuss,
                                
                                  & uss birrþ hemm þurrhsekenn,
                                
                                  To lokenn whatt teȝȝ lærenn uss
                                
                                  Off ure sawle nede.
                                
                                  Her habbe icc shæwedd ȝuw summ del
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                                  Hu Sannt Johan Bapptisste

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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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