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

                                
                                  Þatt Godess enngell comm o nihht,
                                  Line 3770 
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
                                
                                  To spekenn wiþþ þa wakemenn
                                
                                  Þatt wokenn heore faldess,
                                
                                  & tatt he comm þatt nihht till hemm
                                
                                  Wiþþ heoffness lihht & leome,
                                  Line 3775 
                                
                                  & tatt teȝȝ wærenn forr þatt lihht,
                                
                                  & forr þatt enngless sihhþe,
                                
                                  Forrdredde swiþe fasste anan,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
                                
                                  & ec þatt Godess enngell toc
                                  Line 3780 
                                
                                  To frofrenn hemm wiþþ worde,
                                
                                   [col 93] All þatt wass don þurrh Jesu Crist
                                
                                  Forr mikell þing to tacnenn.
                                
                                  Itt tacneþþ uss þatt ure Godd
                                
                                  Well offte senndeþþ enngless
                                  Line 3785 
                                
                                  Inntill þiss middellærd, tatt iss
                                
                                  All full off þeossterrnesse,
                                
                                  Þatt iss off all þatt ifell iss
                                
                                  Inn alle kinne sinne.
                                
                                  Itt tacneþþ þatt he senndeþþ hemm
                                  Line 3790 
                                
                                  Inntill þiss þeossterrnesse,
                                
                                  To frofrenn þa þatt wakenn wel
                                
                                  Onnȝæness laþe gastess,
                                
                                  & stanndenn inn to shildenn hemm
                                
                                  Fra deofless swikedomess.
                                  Line 3795 
                                
                                  & all þatt flocc þatt hemm iss se¯¯t
                                
                                  To ȝemenn & to gætenn,

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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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