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

                                
                                  Forr Nazaræþess name iss uss
                                
                                  Onn Ennglissh nemmnedd blosstme.
                                
                                  & tiss bilammp well swiþe wel
                                
                                  Till ure laffdiȝ Márȝe;
                                  Line 1930 
                                
                                  Forr þær, þær ȝho þurrh Drihhtin warrþ
                                
                                  Off Haliȝ Gast wiþþ childe,
                                
                                  Þær toc ȝho blosstme off Godess Gast
                                
                                  Inn all unwemmedd wambe;
                                
                                  & tær, þær ure Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 1935 
                                
                                  Wass borenn her to manne,
                                
                                  Þær brohhte ȝho þatt wasstme forþ
                                
                                  Off all unnwemmedd wambe,
                                
                                  Þatt wasstme þatt iss lifess bræd
                                
                                  Onn eorþe & ec onn heoffne.
                                  Line 1940 
                                
                                  & ȝuw birrþ wi˘tenn þatt ȝho wass
                                
                                  Weddedd þurrh Godess wille
                                
                                  Wiþþ an weppmann off hire kinn,
                                
                                  Þatt Josæp wass ȝehatenn.
                                
                                  Forr Drihhtin haffde þanne sett
                                  Line 1945 
                                
                                  Amang Judisskenn þeode,
                                
                                  Þatt nan ne shollde filedd ben
                                
                                  Þurrh hæþenn macchess mæne.
                                
                                  Forr all follc wass hæþene þa,
                                
                                  & all itt wass unnclene,
                                  Line 1950 
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn þatt Judisskenn follc
                                
                                  Þatt ta wass Go˘de cweme,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ Godess laȝheboc
                                
                                  Wel stodenn inn to follȝhenn;
                                
                                  & all forrþi forrbæd hemm Godd,
                                  Line 1955 
                                
                                  Swa summ icc habbe shæwedd,

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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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