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

                                
                                  Annd hire meȝhe Elysabæþ
                                
                                  Wass gladd inoh & bliþe
                                
                                  Off hire dere child Johan,
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                                  & lefliȝ ȝho himm fedde;
                                
                                  & swiþe wel he wex & þraf,
                                
                                  & Drihhtin wass he cweme;
                                
                                  Forr affterr þatt te Goddspell seȝȝþ,
                                
                                  Þatt þweorrt u¯¯t nohht ne leȝheþþ,
                                  Line 3185 
                                
                                  Wisslikess þingess Godess hannd
                                
                                  Wass wiþþ þatt child onn eorþe.
                                
                                  & tatt wass upponn all hiss lif
                                
                                  Full opennlike sene;
                                
                                  Forr son summ he wass waxenn swa
                                  Line 3190 
                                
                                  Þurrh hise freondess fode,
                                
                                  Þatt he þa mihhte himm sellf ben wel
                                
                                  Hiss aȝhenn hellpe & hirde,
                                
                                  & tatt he cuþe himm ane ben
                                
                                  & lokenn till himm sellfenn,
                                  Line 3195 
                                
                                  Forrþrihht anan he flæh aweȝȝ
                                
                                  Fra faderr & fra moderr,
                                
                                  & flæh himm inntill wesste land
                                
                                  Þær itt wass all unnbiggedd,
                                
                                  & shadde himm all þweorrt u¯¯t fra menn,
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                                  Forr þatt he wollde himm ȝemenn,
                                
                                  Swa þatt he þurrh an idell word
                                
                                  Ne shollde himm nohht forrgilltenn.
                                
                                  & tær he ledde himm ane hiss lif
                                
                                  Fra þatt he wass full litell
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                                  Till þatt he waxenn wass, & neh
                                
                                  Off þrittiȝ winnterr elde.

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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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