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

                                
                                  & hire wambe siþþenn toc
                                
                                  To waxenn alls itt birrde,
                                
                                  & ȝhot¯¯ forrhall wiþþ alle menn
                                
                                  Wiþþ sibbe & wiþþ unnsibbe.
                                
                                  & ȝho wass siþþenn affterr þatt
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                                  Brohht ham till hire macche.
                                
                                  & he warrþ sone siþþenn warr,
                                
                                  Son se he sahh hire wambe,
                                
                                  Þatt ȝho wass waxenn summ del græ¯¯t,
                                
                                  & tatt ȝho wass wiþþ childe,
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                                  & wollde forrþrihht hire himm fra
                                
                                  All stillelike shædenn.
                                
                                  & Godess enngell comm himm to
                                
                                  Onn uhhtenn þær he sleppte,
                                
                                  & seȝȝde himm þatt hiss macche wass
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                                  Off Haliȝ Gast wiþþ childe,
                                
                                  & badd himm ben full milde & mec,
                                
                                  To lefftenn & to lutenn
                                
                                  Þatt clene maȝȝ þatt shollde ben
                                
                                  Allmahhtiȝ Godess moderr.
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                                  & ȝho þa siþþenn seȝȝde himm wel,
                                
                                  All hu ȝho fesstnedd haffde
                                
                                  Inn hire þohht all hire lif
                                
                                  To ledenn i clænnesse;
                                
                                  & he warrþ þa þurrh hire bun
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                                  To libbenn i clænnesse;
                                
                                  & baþe leddenn i maȝȝþhad
                                
                                  All þeȝȝre lif till ende.
                                
                                  & tohh wass heh & soþ weddlac
                                
                                  Haldenn onn eȝȝþerr hallfe,

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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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