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

                                
                                  & haȝherrlike ledesst te
                                
                                  & dafftelike & faȝȝre,
                                  Line 1215 
                                
                                  & ummbeþennkesst aȝȝ occ aȝȝ
                                
                                  Hu þu mihht Drihhtin cwemenn,
                                
                                  & lufenn himm & dredenn himm
                                
                                  & hise laȝhess haldenn,
                                
                                  Wiþþ oxe lakesst tu Drihhtin
                                  Line 1220 
                                
                                  Gastlike i þine þæwess,
                                
                                  Swa — þatt itt maȝȝ wel hellpenn þe
                                
                                  To winnenn Godess are.
                                
                                  Forr oxe gaþ o clofenn fo¯¯t
                                
                                  & shædeþþ hise clawwess,
                                  Line 1225 
                                
                                  Þurrh whatt he tacneþþ skill & shæd
                                
                                  & witt i gode þæwess.
                                
                                  & oxe ganngeþþ haȝheliȝ
                                
                                  & aldelike láteþþ,
                                
                                   [col 35] & ȝifeþþ bisne off þatt te birrþ
                                  Line 1230 
                                
                                  All haȝhelike & faȝȝre
                                
                                  & dafftelike ledenn þe,
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn bracc & braþþe,
                                
                                  & shæwenn ȝe¯¯t, tohh þu be ȝung,
                                
                                  Elldernemanness late.
                                  Line 1235 
                                
                                  & oxe chewweþþ þær he gaþ
                                
                                  Hiss cŭde, & tær he stanndeþþ,
                                
                                  & chewweþþ forrþenn þær he liþ,
                                
                                  Forr þe to ȝifenn bisne,
                                
                                  Þatt te birrþ ummbeþennkenn aȝȝ
                                  Line 1240 
                                
                                  & chewwenn i þin heorrte

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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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