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

                                
                                  Forr þild birrþ ben wiþþ iwhillc mahht
                                
                                  To beoldenn itt & strengenn,
                                
                                  Swa þatt itt muȝhe ben till uss
                                  Line 2615 
                                
                                  God wæpenn ȝæn þe deofell,
                                
                                  Þatt æfre & æfre stanndeþþ inn
                                
                                  To scrennkenn ure sawless,
                                
                                  To don uss to forrgilltenn uss
                                
                                  Ȝæn Godd o sume wise.
                                  Line 2620 
                                
                                  & ȝho wass swinncfull, witt tu wel,
                                
                                  Inn alle gode dedess;
                                
                                  Forr unnlusst & forrswundennleȝȝc
                                
                                  Iss Drihhtin swiþe unncweme,
                                
                                  & ȝho wass Drihhtin dere & lef
                                  Line 2625 
                                
                                  & cweme onn alle wise;
                                
                                  Þurrh whatt we wi˘tenn þatt ȝho wass
                                
                                  Off idellnesse clene.
                                
                                  [Þohh þatt te] laffdiȝ Marȝe wass
                                
                                  Swa sellcuþlike wurrþedd
                                  Line 2630 
                                
                                  Þurrh Drihhtin, þatt ȝho shollde ben
                                
                                  Allmahhtiȝ Godess moderr,
                                
                                  Ne toc ȝho þohh nan modiȝleȝȝc
                                
                                  Off hire miccle sellþe,
                                
                                  Acc toc to shæwenn sone anan
                                  Line 2635 
                                
                                  Meocnesse þess te mare;
                                
                                  Forr þatt ȝho wollde ȝifenn uss
                                
                                  God bisne in hire sellfenn,
                                
                                  Off þatt tatt uss birrþ laȝhenn uss
                                
                                  Ȝiff Godd uss heȝheþþ here;
                                  Line 2640 
                                
                                  Forr wha sitt iss þatt heȝhedd iss
                                
                                  Þurrh Drihhtin her onn eorþe,

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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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