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

                                
                                  & hire sune wass himm lic
                                
                                  O fĕle kinne wise;
                                
                                  Forr Crist wass strang wiþþ hannd inoh
                                
                                  To werrpenn dun þe deofell,
                                  Line 3575 
                                
                                  & Crist wass æfre swillc to sen
                                
                                  & á beoþ butenn ende,
                                
                                  Þatt gode ȝeorrndenn himm to sen,
                                
                                  & æfre shulenn ȝeorrnenn.
                                
                                  & tiss iss þatt uss opennliȝ
                                  Line 3580 
                                
                                  Daviþess name tacneþþ;
                                
                                  Forr itt uss tacneþþ strang wiþþ hannd
                                
                                  & luffsumm onn to lokenn,
                                
                                  & Crist iss baþe — strang wiþþ hannd,
                                
                                  & luffsumm onn to lokenn.
                                  Line 3585 
                                
                                  & Crist iss all se Daviþþ wass
                                
                                  Shephirde, & king, & kemmpe,
                                
                                  Forr Crist iss allre kinge King,
                                
                                  & alle shaffte Laferrd.
                                
                                  & Daviþþ king sloh Golia¯¯t,
                                  Line 3590 
                                
                                  Hæþene follkess kemmpe,
                                
                                  & Crist band uss þe laþe gast,
                                
                                  All hellewaress strenncþe.
                                
                                  & Daviþþ, whanne he ȝung mann wass,
                                
                                  Þa wass he shepess hirde,
                                  Line 3595 
                                
                                  & Crist iss hirde off hise shep,
                                
                                  Off hise dere þeowwess.
                                
                                  & Crist wass hirde god inoh
                                
                                  Þatt ȝaff hiss aȝhenn sawle,
                                
                                  To lesenn hise shep þærwiþþ
                                  Line 3600 
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe deofless walde.

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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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