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

                                
                                  Off dæþe, & cumenn to þe dom,
                                
                                  & tăkenn þeȝȝre mede;
                                
                                  & whase þanne wurrþiȝ beoþ
                                  Line 4200 
                                
                                  To takenn eche blisse,
                                
                                  He beoþ all ummbeshorenn þa
                                
                                  Swa þwerrt u¯¯t wel wiþþ alle,
                                
                                  & clennsedd all þwerrt u¯¯t swa wel
                                
                                   [col 108] Off iwhillc unnclænnesse,
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                                  Þatt næfre ma ne shall he ben
                                
                                  O nane wise filedd,
                                
                                  Acc á wiþþutenn ende he shall
                                
                                  Wiþþ enngless ben i blisse.
                                
                                  & ȝure preostess þeowwtenn nu
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                                  Biforenn Godess allterr,
                                
                                  Off illc an mikell messedaȝȝ
                                
                                  Aȝȝ ehhte daȝhess fulle,
                                
                                  To tacnenn swa þatt hallȝhe tid,
                                
                                  Þatt Cristess follc shall brukenn
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                                  Wiþþ enngless affterr Domess daȝȝ
                                
                                  A butenn ende i blisse.
                                
                                  & all swa summ þeȝȝ settenn þa
                                
                                  Þe name o þeȝȝre chilldre,
                                
                                  Þatt daȝȝ þatt teȝȝ þe cnapechild
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                                  Hiss shapp himm ummbeshærenn,
                                
                                  & tatt daȝȝ, þatt forr maȝȝdennchild
                                
                                  Wass offredd lac onn allterr,
                                
                                  All swa þin child hiss name onnfoþ
                                
                                  Þatt daȝȝ þatt itt iss fullhhtnedd.

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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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