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

                                
                                  Hiss claþ wass off ollfenntess hær,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
                                
                                  Hiss girrdell wass off shepess skinn
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                                  Abutenn hise lendess,
                                
                                  Hiss drinnch wass waterr aȝȝ occ aȝȝ,
                                
                                  Hiss mete wilde rotess,
                                
                                  & ȝiff he mihhte findenn ohht
                                
                                  Off huniȝ i þatt wesste.
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                                  Þiss lif to ledenn he bigann,
                                
                                  Whann he wass ȝe¯¯ full litell,
                                
                                  & aȝȝ het¯¯ held full wel anan
                                
                                  Till þatt he Ȝaff hiss ende.
                                
                                   [col 83] Swillc lif wass tacnedd þurrh þatt lac
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                                  Þatt all wass brennd till asskess,
                                
                                  Swa summ icc habbe shæwedd ȝuw
                                
                                  Biforenn o þiss lare;
                                
                                  Forr þu ne mihht nohht ledenn her
                                
                                  Nan bettre lif onn eorþe
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                                  Þann iss, þatt tu þweorrt u¯¯t forrse
                                
                                  & all þweorrt u¯¯t forrwerrpe
                                
                                  All weorelldlike lif & lusst,
                                
                                  & fleo fra menn till wesste,
                                
                                  & tær wiþþ hard & haliȝ lif
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                                  Be ȝeorrnfull Crist to cwemenn;
                                
                                  Forr swillc lif iss all þweorrt u¯¯t dæd
                                
                                  Fra weorelldshipess lusstess,
                                
                                  & itt iss all þurrh haliȝ fir
                                
                                  Off soþfasst lufe o Criste

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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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