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

                                
                                  Þatt ȝho wass rædiȝ tunnderrgan
                                
                                  Drihhtiness will to follȝhenn,
                                
                                  Þatt wass, — þatt witt tu fuliwiss,
                                
                                  Fullfremedd herrsummnesse;
                                  Line 2530 
                                
                                  & itt wass ec soþ rihhtwisleȝȝc,
                                
                                  Forr þatt iss rihht onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Þatt mannkinn be till Drihhtin Godd
                                
                                  Herrsumm onn alle wise.
                                
                                  & soþ meocleȝȝc wass opennliȝ
                                  Line 2535 
                                
                                  Inn hire anndswere shæwedd,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt ȝho seȝȝde þatt ȝho wass
                                
                                  Ammbohht Drihhtin to þeowwtenn.
                                
                                  Þatt ȝho wass full off soþ clænleȝȝc,
                                
                                  Þatt maȝȝ mann unnderrstanndenn,
                                  Line 2540 
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt tatt Drihhtin hire chæs
                                
                                  All wimmannkinn bitwenenn,
                                
                                  To wurrþenn filledd all þweorrt u¯¯t
                                
                                  I bodiȝ & i sawle
                                
                                  Off Godess Gastess hallȝhe mahht,
                                  Line 2545 
                                
                                  To wurrþenn Godess moderr.
                                
                                  Þær wass full sene þatt ȝho wass
                                
                                  All full off soþ clænnesse,
                                
                                  Forr Drihhtin shuneþþ alle þa
                                
                                  Þatt unnclænnesse follȝhenn.
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                                  & ȝho wass full off god ȝæpleȝȝc,
                                
                                  & tatt wass full wel sene,
                                
                                  Þær ȝho toc onn full aldeliȝ
                                
                                  To fraȝȝnenn Godess enngell,

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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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