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

                                
                                  Oþþr Abyud, & inn hiss hird
                                
                                  Wass Zakaryass fundenn,
                                  Line 540 
                                
                                  & off hiss kinn an haliȝ prest,
                                
                                  & Drihhtin Godd full cweme.
                                
                                  & i þehhtennde lott comm þiss
                                
                                  Abyȝess hird to serrfenn,
                                
                                  To findenn prest hiss sefennnahht
                                  Line 545 
                                
                                  To þewwtenn i þe temmple.
                                
                                  & aȝȝ whannse þatt presteflocc,
                                
                                  Þatt fowwre & twenntiȝ wærenn,
                                
                                  Ann siþe þewwtedd haffdenn all
                                
                                  Abutenn i þe temmple,
                                  Line 550 
                                
                                  Aȝȝ haffde þeȝȝ off wukess þa
                                
                                  Rihht fowwre & twenntiȝ filledd.
                                
                                  & aȝȝ þeȝȝ tokenn efft forrnon
                                
                                  To serrfenn wukemalumm.
                                
                                  & ȝuw birrþ wi˘tenn þatt te king
                                  Line 555 
                                
                                  Þa fowwre & twenntiȝ hirdess
                                
                                  Todæledd haffde þane o twa,
                                
                                  To settenn tweȝȝenn hirdess,
                                
                                  An hird tatt off Eleazár
                                
                                  Wass sprungenn & was strenedd,
                                  Line 560 
                                
                                  An oþerr þatt off Ytamár
                                
                                  Wass strenedd her to manne.
                                
                                  & eȝȝþerr hird & eȝȝþerr hus
                                
                                  Todæledd wass þohhwheþþre
                                
                                  Onn hirdess rihht sextene, & ec
                                  Line 565 
                                
                                  Onn hirdess twiȝȝess fowwre.
                                
                                  & tatt hird tatt todæledd wass
                                
                                  Onn hirdess rihht sextene,

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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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