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

                                
                                  All hu ȝho shollde berenn child
                                  Line 2555 
                                
                                   [col 64] Wiþþutenn macchess mæne,
                                
                                  Ȝho, þatt ne wollde næfre ben
                                
                                  Þurrh were o life filedd.
                                
                                  & ȝho wass full off strenncþe & mahht,
                                
                                  To stanndenn ȝæn þe deofell;
                                  Line 2560 
                                
                                  Forr ȝho tradd deofell unnderrfo¯¯t
                                
                                  Þwerrt u¯¯t onn alle wise;
                                
                                  Forr nass nan wimmann borenn her
                                
                                  Biforenn hire o life,
                                
                                  Ne nan ne wass whil þatt ȝho wass
                                  Line 2565 
                                
                                  Bitwenenn menn onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Ne nan ne beoþ her i þiss lif
                                
                                  Affterr þe laffdiȝ Marȝe,
                                
                                  Þatt muȝhe wurrþenn hire lic
                                
                                  Inn aniȝ haliȝnesse,
                                  Line 2570 
                                
                                  Ne tredenn dun þe deofless mahht,
                                
                                  Swa — summ ȝho tradd wiþþ alle.
                                
                                  Annd ȝho wass full off mett & mæþ
                                
                                  Onn alle kinne wise,
                                
                                  Swa þatt nan þing att oferrdon
                                  Line 2575 
                                
                                  Ne keppte ȝho to follȝhenn;
                                
                                  Forr hire þohht & hire word
                                
                                  & hire weorrc wass clene,
                                
                                  & all wiþþ witt & all wiþþ skill
                                
                                  & all wiþþ mettfasstnesse.
                                  Line 2580 
                                
                                  Off soþe lufe wass ȝho full,
                                
                                  & tatt full wel wass sene
                                
                                  I þatt tatt Drihhtin hire chæs
                                
                                  To wurrþenn Godess moderr;

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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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