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

                                
                                  & bohhte þurrh hiss aȝhen dæþ
                                
                                  Mannkinn fra deofless walde.
                                
                                  Forr Sannt Johan Bapptisste comm
                                
                                  Biforenn Cristess come,
                                
                                  To kiþenn to þe follc þatt Crist
                                  Line 715 
                                
                                  Þa shollde cumenn newenn.
                                
                                  & swa bigann att Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Þe Laferrd Cristess come,
                                
                                  & all þatt blisse þatt uss comm
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he comm onn eorþe.
                                  Line 720 
                                
                                  Þatt Godess enngell seȝȝde himm þær,
                                
                                  Whatt name he shollde settenn
                                
                                  Uppo þatt illke child tatt he
                                
                                  Þa shollde newenn strenenn,
                                
                                  Þatt wass till all þe childess kinn
                                  Line 725 
                                
                                  Wurrþshipe, & tatt unnlitell;
                                
                                  Forr þatt te Laferrd Godd himm sellf
                                
                                  Himm seȝȝde þurrh hiss enngell,
                                
                                  Þatt he þa shollde streonenn child,
                                
                                  & hu he shollde itt nemmnenn,
                                  Line 730 
                                
                                  Þatt wass wurrþshipe inoh till menn,
                                
                                  & ec full openn takenn
                                
                                  Þatt heore streon wass Drihhtin leof
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t ær itt wære streonedd.
                                
                                  & himm wass ec þatt name sett
                                  Line 735 
                                
                                  Forr mikell þing to tacnenn;
                                
                                  Forr affterr þatt icc seggenn maȝȝ,
                                
                                  Johan onn Ennglissh spæche
                                
                                  Bitacneþþ uss þatt þing þatt iss
                                
                                  All affterr Godess wille,

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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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