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

                                
                                  Forr nære ȝho nohht Drihhtin Godd
                                  Line 2585 
                                
                                  Swa sellcuþlike cweme,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt ȝho nohht ne wære full
                                
                                  Off soþfasst lufess mahhte;
                                
                                  Forr alle þa þatt hafenn witt
                                
                                  & waxenn manness elde,
                                  Line 2590 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt teȝȝ cwemenn Drihhtin Godd,
                                
                                  Witt tu þatt teȝȝ himm cwemenn
                                
                                  Wiþþ lufe off Drihhtin & off mann,
                                
                                  & wiþþ þe rihhte læfe.
                                
                                  & ȝho þatt cwemmde himm allre mæst
                                  Line 2595 
                                
                                  Off all mannkinn onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Ȝho wass wiss allre manne mast
                                
                                  Off soþfasst lufe filledd;
                                
                                  Forr ȝho wass god u¯¯tnumennliȝ,
                                
                                  & milde & meoc & bliþe,
                                  Line 2600 
                                
                                  Ȝa towarrd Godd, ȝa towarrd mann,
                                
                                  Onn alle kinne wise.
                                
                                  & ȝho wass full off soþfasst þild
                                
                                  To þolenn & to dreȝhenn
                                
                                  Wiþþ soþ meocleȝȝc, wiþþ witt, wiþþ skill,
                                  Line 2605 
                                
                                  Illc seollþe & illc unnseollþe.
                                
                                  & tu mihht wi˘tenn þatt ȝho wass
                                
                                  Full wel off þild bifundenn;
                                
                                   [col 65] Forr niss nan mahht rihht god inoh
                                
                                  Biforenn Godess eȝhne,
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                                  Butt iff itt beo þurrh þildess gold
                                
                                  All full wel oferrgildedd.

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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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