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

                                
                                  & itt wass sett þurrh Godd onn himm,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt shollde himm tacnenn,
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                                  Þatt alle þa þatt sholldenn himm
                                
                                  Wiþþ trowwþe & dede follȝhenn,
                                
                                  Well ȝeorne birrdenn clennsenn hemm
                                
                                  I bodiȝ & i sawle,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt teȝȝ wolldenn habbenn lott
                                  Line 4030 
                                
                                  Wiþþ himm inn eche blisse.
                                
                                  & itt wass sett onn himm þurrh Godd,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt shollde himm tacnenn,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess Sune Jesu Crist
                                
                                  To manne cumenn shollde,
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                                  & wurrþenn borenn off hiss kinn
                                
                                  Inn ure mennisscnesse,
                                
                                  To clennsenn her þurrh Crisstenndom,
                                
                                  Þurrh fulluhht, & þurrh læfe,
                                
                                  An flocc þatt shollde lufenn himm
                                  Line 4040 
                                
                                  & hise laȝhess haldenn,
                                
                                  Þatt shollde risenn upp off dæþ
                                
                                  O domess daȝȝ, þatt wise
                                
                                  Þatt tanne shollde itt lesedd ben
                                
                                  Fra dæþess ȝocc þurrh Criste,
                                  Line 4045 
                                
                                  & all þweorrt u¯¯t ben clennsedd ta
                                
                                  Off flæshess unntrummnesse,
                                
                                  Swa þatt itt shollde ben wiþþ Crist
                                
                                  A butenn ende i blisse.
                                
                                  & itt wass ec þurrh Drihhtin sett,
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                                  Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt shollde clennsenn hemm
                                
                                  Off all Adamess sinne,

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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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