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

                                
                                  Himm toc þe bisscopp off þe blod,
                                  Line 1070 
                                
                                  Swa summ hiss boc himm tahhte.
                                
                                  & gledess inn hiss reclefatt
                                
                                  He toc þær o þatt allterr,
                                
                                  & dide recless inn inoh
                                
                                  Drihhtin þærwiþþ to þeowtenn,
                                  Line 1075 
                                
                                  Aȝȝ whann he shollde ganngenn inn
                                
                                  Upp to þatt oþerr allterr,
                                
                                  Þatt wass aȝȝ æness o þe ȝer,
                                
                                  & aȝȝ himm sellf himm ane,
                                
                                  Forr mikell þing to tacnenn uss
                                  Line 1080 
                                
                                  Þatt uss birrþ alle trowwenn.
                                
                                  He toc þe recless & te blod
                                
                                  & ȝede upp to þatt allterr
                                
                                  Þatt wass wiþþinnenn waȝherifft,
                                
                                  Swa summ icc habbe shæwedd,
                                  Line 1085 
                                
                                  & tanne brennde he recless þær,
                                
                                  To þeowwtenn Godd tocweme,
                                
                                  Swa-þatt tær wass swa mikell smec
                                
                                  Off recless att tatt allterr,
                                
                                  Þatt all he wass himm sellf þær hidd
                                  Line 1090 
                                
                                  & lokenn þær wiþþinnenn;
                                
                                  & toc himm þa þatt illke blod
                                
                                  Þatt he þær haffde greȝȝþedd,
                                
                                  Þatt blod tatt he þær haffde brohht,
                                
                                  & warrp itt tær wiþþ strenncless,
                                  Line 1095 
                                
                                  Eȝȝwhær uppo þatt hallȝhe bord,
                                
                                  & eȝȝwhær o þatt allterr.
                                
                                  & siþþenn ȝede he þeþenn u¯¯t
                                
                                  To strennkenn i þe kirrke

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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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