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

                                
                                  Forr Godess enngell frofreþþ mann,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt he seoþ himm færedd;
                                
                                  Forr Godess enngell iss full meoc,
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                                  & soffte, & milde, & bliþe,
                                
                                  & deofell iss all full off niþ,
                                
                                  & full off grammcunndnesse,
                                
                                  & full off hĕte towarrd mann,
                                
                                  & full off modiȝnesse,
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                                  & ȝiff he seoþ þe mann forrdredd,
                                
                                  He wile himm skerrenn mare,
                                
                                  & ræfenn himm hiss rihhte witt,
                                
                                  & shetenn inn hiss heorrte.
                                
                                   [col 94] Acc whas itt iss þatt wæpnedd iss
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                                  Wiþþ fulle trowwþe o Criste,
                                
                                  Þohh þatt he grissliȝ deofell seo,
                                
                                  Niss he rihht nohht forrfæredd.
                                
                                  Þatt enngell seȝȝde þatt he wass
                                
                                  Þa cumenn forr to kiþenn,
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                                  O Godess hallfe, þær till hemm
                                
                                  An swiþe mikell blisse,
                                
                                  Þatt shollde ben till all þe follc;
                                
                                  Þatt seȝȝde he forr þatt tanne
                                
                                  Wass cumenn i þiss middellærd
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                                  Full mikell blisse & sellþe,
                                
                                  Till alle þa þatt sholldenn wel
                                
                                  O Godess Sune lefenn,
                                
                                  O Jesu Crist tatt borenn wass
                                
                                  Þatt illke nahht to manne.

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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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