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

                                
                                  Þatt iss nu filledd illke daȝȝ
                                
                                  Þurrh Jesu Cristess þeowwess.
                                
                                  Forr Nazaræþ onn Ennglissh iss
                                  Line 3630 
                                
                                  Alls iff þu nemmne blosstme,
                                
                                  & Galileow bitacneþþ wheol,
                                
                                  Swa summ soþ boc uss kiþeþþ,
                                
                                  & Beþþleæm tacneþþ þatt hus
                                
                                  Þatt lifess bræd iss inne,
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                                  & Godess þeowwess blomenn aȝȝ
                                
                                  Inn alle gode þæwess,
                                
                                  Her i þiss middellærdess lif
                                
                                  Þatt þurrh þe wheol iss tacnedd.
                                
                                  Forr all þiss middellærdess þing
                                  Line 3640 
                                
                                  Aȝȝ turrneþþ her & wharrfeþþ
                                
                                  Nu upp, nu dun, swa summ þe wheol,
                                
                                  & nohht ne stannt itt stille.
                                
                                  & Cristess þeowwess aȝȝ occ aȝȝ
                                
                                  Forrhoȝhenn & forrwerrpenn
                                  Line 3645 
                                
                                  All weorelldshipess fule lusst,
                                
                                  & alle fule þæwess,
                                
                                  & cumenn u¯¯t off Galileow
                                
                                  Gastlike o swillke wise,
                                
                                  & cumenn inntill Beþþleæm,
                                  Line 3650 
                                
                                  Þatt tacneþþ Cristess kirrke,
                                
                                  Þatt Cristess flæsh & Cristess blod
                                
                                  Þe sawle bræd iss inne.
                                
                                  & Jesu Crist iss borenn þær
                                
                                  Swa summ itt wære off moderr,
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                                  Þurrh þatt tatt hise þeowwess þær
                                
                                  Wiþþ spell off Godess lare

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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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