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

                                
                                  & þurrh hiss name wass himm þiss
                                
                                  Full opennliȝ bitacnedd;
                                
                                  Forr Josæp tacneþþ uss þatt þing
                                  Line 2125 
                                
                                  Þatt godedd iss & ekedd.
                                
                                  & ure deore laffdiȝ wass
                                
                                  Þurrh Drihhtin nemmnedd Marȝe,
                                
                                  Forr þatt tatt name shollde wel
                                
                                  Bitacnenn hire seollþe;
                                  Line 2130 
                                
                                  Forr hire name tacneþþ uss
                                
                                  Sæsteorrne onn Ennglissh spæche,
                                
                                  & ȝho beoþ æfre, & wass, & iss
                                
                                  Sæsteorrne inn haliȝ bisne;
                                
                                  Forr all swa summ þe steoressmann
                                  Line 2135 
                                
                                  Aȝȝ lokeþþ till an steorrne,
                                
                                  Þatt stannt aȝȝ still upp o þe lifft
                                
                                  & swiþe brihhte shineþþ,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wile follȝhenn aȝȝ
                                
                                  Þatt illke steorrness lade,
                                  Line 2140 
                                
                                  Swa þatt he muȝhe lendenn rihht
                                
                                  To lande wiþþ hiss wille,
                                
                                  All swa birrþ all Crisstene follc
                                
                                  Till Sannte Marȝe lokenn,
                                
                                  Þatt stannt wiþþ hire sune i stall
                                  Line 2145 
                                
                                  Þær heȝhesst iss inn heoffne.
                                
                                  & iwhillc an Crisstene mann,
                                
                                  Þatt ȝeorneþþ affterr blisse,
                                
                                  Birrþ stanndenn inn affterr hiss mihht
                                
                                  To follȝhenn hire bisne,
                                  Line 2150 
                                
                                  Swa þatt he muȝhe lendenn rihht
                                
                                  Affterr hiss aȝhenn wille

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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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