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

                                
                                  Ȝa mihhte ȝho ske¯¯t affterr þatt
                                
                                  Wiþþ hire macche sammnenn,
                                
                                  & cnawenn hire macchess stren,
                                
                                  & wurrþenn swa wiþþ childe,
                                
                                  & tæmenn hire tæm wiþþ himm
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                                  Alls oþre wimmenn tæmenn?
                                
                                  Whi ȝaff ȝho swillc anndswere onnȝæn,
                                
                                  Hu maȝȝ þiss forþedd wurrþenn,
                                
                                  Þatt I wiþþ childe muȝhe ben,
                                
                                  & berenn child to manne?
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                                  Nu wile I shæwenn ȝuw forrwhi
                                
                                  Ȝho ȝaff swillc sware onnȝæness;
                                
                                  Ȝho ȝaff himm swillc anndswere onnȝæn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt ȝho wollde shæwenn
                                
                                  Þatt ȝho, ȝiff þatt itt mihhte ben,
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                                  Nohht naffde inn hire wille
                                
                                  To cnawenn aniȝ macchess stren,
                                
                                  Forr swa to ben wiþþ childe,
                                
                                  To tæmenn swa wiþþ were tæm
                                
                                  Alls oþre wimmenn tæmenn.
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                                  Þærfore seȝȝde ȝho þiss word
                                
                                  Till Gabriæl hehenngell,
                                
                                  Hu maȝȝ þiss forþedd ben þurrh me
                                
                                  Þatt nan weppmann ne cnawe?
                                
                                  Forr þiss wass seȝȝd alls iff ȝho þuss
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                                  Wiþþ oþre wordess seȝȝde,
                                
                                  Whatt gate maȝȝ ícc berenn child,
                                
                                  Ícc—þatt wel hafe fesstnedd
                                
                                  I míne þohhtess þatt I nan
                                
                                  Weppmann ne wile cnawenn?

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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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