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

                                
                                  & off illc an off alle þa
                                
                                  Comm an god flocc off prestess,
                                  Line 510 
                                
                                  Sprungenn off himm, strenedd þurrh himm,
                                
                                  & wass hiss hird ȝehatenn.
                                
                                  & iwhillc an serlepess off
                                
                                  Þa fowwre & twenntiȝ hirdess
                                
                                  Wass nemmnedd affterr an mann off
                                  Line 515 
                                
                                  Þa fowwre & twenntiȝ prestess
                                
                                  Þatt wærenn hæfedd prestess off
                                
                                  Þa fowwre & twenntiȝ hirdess.
                                
                                  & illc an hird serlepess, off
                                
                                  Þa fowwre and twenntiȝ hirdess,
                                  Line 520 
                                
                                  Wisste full wel whillc lott an, off
                                
                                  Þa lotess fowwre & twenntiȝ,
                                
                                  Himm badd ben bun his sefennnahht
                                
                                  To þewwtenn i þe temmple.
                                
                                  Forr illc an hird wel wisste inoh,
                                  Line 525 
                                
                                  Wheþþr itt to serrfenn shollde
                                
                                  Prest senndenn i þe firrste lott,
                                
                                  Oþþr i þatt comm þæraffterr,
                                
                                  Oþþr i þe þridde lott, oþþr i
                                
                                  Þe ferþe, oþþr i þe fifte.
                                  Line 530 
                                
                                  & off þa fowwre & twenntiȝ menn,
                                
                                  Þatt wærenn hæfedd prestess
                                
                                  & allderrmenn & hirdess off
                                
                                  Þa fowwre & twenntiȝ gengess
                                
                                  Þatt wærenn prestess, Drihhtin Godd
                                  Line 535 
                                
                                  To þewwtenn wukemalumm,
                                
                                  Off þa twa si˘þe twellfe menn
                                
                                  Wass an Abyas nemmnedd

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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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