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

                                
                                  Forr baþe wærenn off an kinn,
                                
                                  Josæp & Sannte Márȝe,
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                                  & forrþi mihhte Cristess kinn
                                
                                  Bi Josæp wel ben reccnedd,
                                
                                  Forr Crist wass off Josæpess kinn
                                
                                  O Sannte Marȝess hallfe.
                                
                                  & ure laffdiȝ weddedd wass
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                                  Ȝe¯¯t all forr oþerr nede;
                                
                                  Forr ȝho wass wiþþ an haliȝ mann
                                
                                  Weddedd, forr þatt he shollde
                                
                                   [col 58] Wel gætenn hire & hire child,
                                
                                  & fosstenn hemm & fedenn,
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                                  & ledenn hemm fra land to land,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt teȝȝ flittenn sholldenn.
                                
                                  Forr swillke nede wass Josæp
                                
                                  Weddedd wiþþ Sannte Marȝe.
                                
                                  Acc ȝho wass æfre maȝȝdennmann
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                                  Fra were þwerrt u¯¯t clene,
                                
                                  Biforr þatt ȝho wiþþ childe wass,
                                
                                  & whil ȝho wass wiþþ childe,
                                
                                  & affterr þatt he borenn wass,
                                
                                  & æfre a butenn ende;
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                                  & whase nile trowwenn þiss
                                
                                  He slaþ hiss aȝhenn sawle.
                                
                                  Annd tohh swa þehh mann wennde inoh,
                                
                                  Þatt time þær i lande,
                                
                                  Þatt ȝho wære Josæpess wif,
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                                  & off Josæp wiþþ childe;

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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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