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

                                
                                  Hu þu mihht cwemenn þin Drihhtin,
                                
                                  & winnenn eche blisse.
                                
                                  Þuss þu mihht lakenn Drihhtin Godd
                                
                                  Wiþþ oxe i gode þæwess,
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                                  Ȝiff þu þe ledesst all wiþþ skill,
                                
                                  & haȝhelike & faȝȝre,
                                
                                  & ummbeþennkesst nihht & daȝȝ
                                
                                  Hu þu mihht Drihhtin cwemenn.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu firrþresst fremmde menn
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                                  Aȝȝ affterr þine fére,
                                
                                  & arrt te sellf aȝȝ milde & meoc,
                                
                                  & all wiþþutenn galle,
                                
                                  Wiþþ cullfre lakesst tu Drihhtin
                                
                                  Gastlike i þine þæwess,
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                                  Swa þatt itt maȝȝ wel hellpenn þe
                                
                                  To winnenn Godess are.
                                
                                  Forr cullfre iss milde, & meoc, & swe¯¯t,
                                
                                  & all wiþþutenn galle,
                                
                                  & fedeþþ oþerr cullfress bridd
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                                  All alls itt wære hire aȝhenn.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu ledesst clene lif,
                                
                                  & murrcnesst i þin heorrte,
                                
                                  Þatt tu swa lannge dwellesst her
                                
                                  Swa ferr fra Godess riche,
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                                  & ȝeornesst tatt tu mote ske¯¯t
                                
                                  Uppcumenn inntill heoffne,
                                
                                  Upp till þi Laferrd Jesu Crist,
                                
                                  To lofenn himm & lutenn,
                                
                                  Wiþþ turrtle lakesst tu þin Godd
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                                  Gastlike i þine þæwess,

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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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