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

                                
                                   [col 113] Forr þu ne mihht nohht borrȝhenn ben
                                
                                  Ne winnenn eche blisse,
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                                  Butt iff þu wel wiþþ soþ & rihht
                                
                                  Þin Drihhtin muȝhe cwemenn
                                
                                  Þe niȝhennde wass sett þurrh Godd
                                
                                  Acc all forr þine nede,
                                
                                  Þatt tu nan oþerr manness wif
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                                  Ne ȝeorne nohht to nehȝhenn
                                
                                  Wiþþ unnclænnessess fule lusst,
                                
                                  To filenn swa ȝunnc baþe;
                                
                                  Forr baþe gilltenn grimmeliȝ,
                                
                                  Ȝiff itt ȝunnc baþe likeþþ,
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                                  & baþe shædenn swa fra Godd,
                                
                                  & cwellenn ȝunnkerr sawless,
                                
                                  Butt iff ȝitt muȝhenn betenn itt
                                
                                  Onn aniȝ kinne wise;
                                
                                  Acc witt tu þatt itt niss nohht lihht
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                                  To betenn hefiȝ sinne,
                                
                                  & forrþi birrþ þe shunenn aȝȝ
                                
                                  To fallenn ohht tærinne.
                                
                                  Acc whase maȝȝ forrwerrpenn itt,
                                
                                  & blinnenn itt to follȝhenn,
                                  Line 4505 
                                
                                  & innwarrdliȝ bireowenn itt
                                
                                  Þatt itt wass æfre forþedd,
                                
                                  & gannȝenn unnderr preostess dom
                                
                                  To betenn itt wiþþ shriffte,
                                
                                  & stanndenn inn to winnenn wel
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                                  Hiss bodiȝ forr hiss 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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