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

                                
                                  Forr Crist iss bisscopp god þwerrt u¯¯t
                                  Line 1730 
                                
                                  To berrȝhenn hise leode,
                                
                                  & hise claþess þatt he wessh
                                
                                  Tacnedenn Cristess þeowwess,
                                
                                  Þatt Crist himm sellf her wassheþþ aȝȝ,
                                
                                  Forr he forrȝifeþþ sinness.
                                  Line 1735 
                                
                                   [col 44] & tatt bisscopess reclefa¯¯tt
                                
                                  Wass an full openn takenn
                                
                                  Off Cristess bodiȝ, þatt wass full
                                
                                  Off Goddcunndnessess mahhtess,
                                
                                  Rihht all swa summ itt wære full
                                  Line 1740 
                                
                                  All off glowennde gledess,
                                
                                  To bærnenn all þatt ifell iss
                                
                                  Aweȝȝ inn hise þeowwess.
                                
                                  Þatt recless þatt te bisscopp þær
                                
                                  Biforenn allterr brennde,
                                  Line 1745 
                                
                                  Þatt recless þær to fulle soþ
                                
                                  Wass brennd, forr to bitacnenn
                                
                                  Þa bedess, þatt te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Forr hise þeowwess biddeþþ
                                
                                  Upponn hiss faderr heofennking,
                                  Line 1750 
                                
                                  Þatt he þeȝȝm ȝife blisse.
                                
                                  & tatt tær comm swa mikell smec
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þatt brennde recless,
                                
                                  Þatt all þe bisscopp wass þær hidd
                                
                                  & lokenn þær wiþþinnenn,
                                  Line 1755 
                                
                                  Þatt miccle smec tacnede þeȝȝm,
                                
                                  & uss, & alle þeode,

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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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