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

                                
                                  To frofrenn swillke senndeþþ Godd
                                
                                  Enngless & hallȝhe sawless,
                                
                                  & aȝȝ þeȝȝ cumenn dun till þa
                                  Line 3800 
                                
                                  Wiþþ heoffness lihht & leome,
                                
                                  Þatt iss wiþþ witt & god innsihht
                                
                                  Inn alle kinne þinge,
                                
                                  Forr Drihhtin ȝifeþþ her hiss þeoww
                                
                                  God witt, & mahht, & wille,
                                  Line 3805 
                                
                                  To stanndenn ȝæn þe laþe gast
                                
                                  & ȝæn all þatt he læreþþ·
                                
                                  Acc aȝȝ þeȝȝ sinndenn þohh swa þehh
                                
                                  Well swiþe sare offdredde
                                
                                  Off domess daȝess starrke dom,
                                  Line 3810 
                                
                                  & off þe Demess irre,
                                
                                  All all swa summ þa wăkemenn
                                
                                  Well swiþe offdredde wærenn
                                
                                  Off heoffness brihhte lihht & leom,
                                
                                  & off þatt enngless sihhþe;
                                  Line 3815 
                                
                                  Acc hihht & hope o Drihhtin Godd
                                
                                  & onn hiss mildheorrtnesse,
                                
                                  Þatt frofreþþ hemm & beoldeþþ hemm
                                
                                  To follȝhenn Godess lare,
                                
                                  To fandenn, ȝiff þeȝȝ muȝhenn swa
                                  Line 3820 
                                
                                  Þe Demess are winnenn.
                                
                                  & tatt wass uss bitacnedd wel
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt tatt Godess enngell
                                
                                  Toc sone anan wiþþ milde word
                                
                                  Þa wăkemenn to frofrenn,
                                  Line 3825 
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wisste wel þatt teȝȝ
                                
                                  Off himm forrdredde wærenn;

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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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