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

                                
                                  All swa summ nu iss sett to ben
                                
                                  Fullhtnedd, to dillȝhenn sinne.
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ ummbeshærenn þeȝȝre shapp,
                                
                                  Swa summ icc habbe shæwedd,
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                                  A litell off þe fell aweȝȝ
                                
                                  Biforenn all abutenn,
                                
                                  Swa summ itt haffde Drihhtin sett
                                
                                  Onn Abrahamess time.
                                
                                  & Abraham itt toc onn himm,
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                                  & ec onn hise chilldre,
                                
                                  & ec onn all þatt weppmannkinn
                                
                                  Þatt wass inn hise walde;
                                
                                  & itt wass haldenn siþþenn aȝȝ
                                
                                  Anan till Cristess come,
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                                  Amang þatt Judewisshe follc
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass borenn offe.
                                
                                  & forr þe maȝȝdennchild wass sett
                                
                                  Þurrh Drihhtin, þatt mann shollde
                                
                                  Offrenn onn allterr hire lac,
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                                  To clennsenn hire & lesenn
                                
                                  Off þatt missdede þatt wass don
                                
                                  Þurrh Adam & þurrh Eve;
                                
                                  Forr þatt wass sett þurrh Drihhtin þa
                                
                                  Amang Judisskenn þeode
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                                  To clippenn swa þe cnapess shapp,
                                
                                  & toffrenn lac forr maȝȝdenn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt shollde lesenn hemm
                                
                                  U¯¯t off Adamess sinne;
                                
                                  & all se mikell hallp itt hemm
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                                  To clennsenn hemm off 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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