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

                                
                                  Forrþi mann birrþ beon ȝeorrnfull aȝȝ,
                                
                                  Whil þatt mann lifeþþ here,
                                
                                  To cwemenn Crist þurrh haliȝ lif,
                                
                                  & þurrh unnshaþinesse,
                                  Line 2700 
                                
                                  Þurrh soþ & rihht, þurrh witt & skill,
                                
                                  Þurrh mett & soþ meocnesse,
                                
                                  Þurrh clene þohht & word & weorrc,
                                
                                  Þurrh lufe, & hope, & læfe,
                                
                                  Swa þatt mann muȝhe wurrþi beon
                                  Line 2705 
                                
                                  To winnenn Cristess are.
                                
                                  Forr niss nan time inn oþer lif
                                
                                  Affterr þiss lifess ende,
                                
                                  To takenn wiþþ þe wake leod,
                                
                                  To fedenn hemm & claþenn,
                                  Line 2710 
                                
                                  To wasshenn hemm, to warrmenn hemm,
                                
                                  To beddenn hemm & frofrenn;
                                
                                  Ne nohht niss time inn oþerr lif
                                
                                  Affterr þiss lifess ende,
                                
                                  To ȝifenn Godd te tende del
                                  Line 2715 
                                
                                  Off all þin aȝhenn ahhte,
                                
                                  To lakenn Godd, to þeowwtenn Godd,
                                
                                  To sekenn kirrke ȝeorne,
                                
                                  To lufenn & to follȝhenn griþþ,
                                
                                  & messedaȝȝ to freollsenn,
                                  Line 2720 
                                
                                  To winnenn Cristess are swa
                                
                                  & eche lifess blisse.
                                
                                  & forrþi birrþ uss hiȝhenn her
                                
                                  To cwemenn Crist o life,
                                
                                  Swa þatt we moten wurrþi beon
                                  Line 2725 
                                
                                  To winnenn Cristess are.

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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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