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

                                
                                  Þatt aniȝ wimmann hire lif
                                
                                  I maȝȝþhad ledenn wollde;
                                
                                  & tærþurrh, & þurrh all þatt god
                                
                                  Þatt wass inn hire fundenn,
                                
                                  Inn hire lif þatt all þwerrt u¯¯t
                                  Line 2355 
                                
                                  Wass Drihhtin lef & dere,
                                
                                  Þærþurrh wass ȝho wel wurrþ to ben
                                
                                  Swa wurrþedd her onn erþe,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess Sune shollde mann
                                
                                  Inn hire wambe wurrþenn,
                                  Line 2360 
                                
                                  Off hire flæsh, off hire blod,
                                
                                  Off hire streness kinde.
                                
                                  & siþþenn affterr þatt ȝho þuss
                                
                                  Wel haffde þohht to libbenn
                                
                                  I maȝȝþhad forr þe lufe off Godd,
                                  Line 2365 
                                
                                  & forr þe mede off heffne,
                                
                                  Þæraffterr comm þatt hire frend
                                
                                  Hemm tokenn raþ bitwenenn,
                                
                                  To ȝifenn hire summ god mann
                                
                                  All affterr hire birde.
                                  Line 2370 
                                
                                  & ȝho ne wass nohht tær onnȝæn,
                                
                                  Acc ȝatte hemm hĕre wille,
                                
                                  & ȝatte þatt ȝho wollde ben
                                
                                  Rihht laȝhelike fesstnedd
                                
                                  Wiþþ macche, swa summ i þatt ald
                                  Line 2375 
                                
                                  Wass laȝhe to ben fesstnedd.
                                
                                  & wel ȝho þohhte þohh þatt ȝho
                                
                                  I maȝȝþhad wollde libbenn,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt ȝho mihhte forþenn itt
                                
                                  Onn aniȝ kinne wise;

                                  Line 2380

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
Canvas: Page 80
Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/afw5744.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/afw5744.0001.001/228

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:afw5744.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/afw5744.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2025.

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

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item