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

                                
                                  & forr þatt he wass borenn her
                                
                                  Sahhtnesse & griþþ to settenn
                                  Line 3515 
                                
                                  Bitwenenn Drihhtin, heoffness king,
                                
                                  & mannkinn her onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Forrþi chæs he to wurrþenn mann
                                
                                  O þatt Keȝȝseress time,
                                
                                  Þatt held wiþþ mikell griþþ & friþþ
                                  Line 3520 
                                
                                  Hiss kinedom onn eorþe.
                                
                                  & forr þatt he wass wurrþenn mann
                                
                                  To ȝifenn menn onn eorþe
                                
                                  Hiss aȝhenn hallȝhe flæsh & blod,
                                
                                  Soþ bræd to þeȝȝre sawle,
                                  Line 3525 
                                
                                  Forrþi chæs he þatt illke tun
                                
                                  To wurrþenn borenn inne,
                                
                                  Þatt wass ȝehatenn Beþþleæm,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt itt bitacneþþ
                                
                                  Þatt hus þatt bræd iss inne don,
                                  Line 3530 
                                
                                  & tatt iss Cristess kirrke;
                                
                                  Forr Cristess flæsh & Cristess blod
                                
                                  Iss hallȝhedd inn hiss kirrke,
                                
                                  Forr þær to wurrþenn lifess bræd
                                
                                  Till alle Cristess þeowwess.
                                  Line 3535 
                                
                                  & all all swa se þa wass sett
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt Kaseress hæse,
                                
                                  Þatt illc mann shollde cumenn ham
                                
                                  Inntill hiss aȝhenn birde,
                                
                                  Forr þær to reccnenn till þe king
                                  Line 3540 
                                
                                  An peninng forr himm sellfenn,
                                
                                  & tatt mann shollde hiss name þær
                                
                                  Att hame o wri˘te settenn,

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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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