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

                                
                                  & aȝȝ maȝȝ wel an hæfedd mahht
                                
                                  Cwennkenn an hæfedd sinne,
                                
                                  Inn iwhillc mann þatt follȝheþþ rihht
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                                  Þe mahhte, Crist tocweme.
                                
                                  & whas itt iss þatt follȝheþþ wel
                                
                                  & filleþþ þise mahhtess,
                                
                                  Þatt illke mann shall borrȝhenn ben
                                
                                  Þurrh Cristess name onn ennde;
                                  Line 4575 
                                
                                  Forr Cristess name þurrh an staff
                                
                                  Bitacneþþ tale off ehhte,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt Crist shall berrȝhenn þa
                                
                                  Þatt follȝhenn þise mahhtess.
                                
                                  & her icc wile shæwenn ȝuw
                                  Line 4580 
                                
                                  Bi tale þise mahhtess,
                                
                                  Forr þatt ȝe shulenn þess te bett
                                
                                  All fillenn hemm & follȝhenn.
                                
                                  An hæfedd mahhte iss mett & mæþ
                                
                                  Inn all þatt te birrþ follȝhenn,
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                                  I word, i werrc, i mĕte, i drinnch,
                                
                                  & ec i þine claþess,
                                
                                  I lusst to winnenn eorþliȝ þing,
                                
                                  I swinnkess, & i resstess.
                                
                                  Þiss mahhte tredeþþ unnderrfo¯¯t
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                                  & cwennkeþþ gluterrnesse,
                                
                                  & all þatt iss att oferrdon
                                
                                  Itt drifeþþ fra þin herrte,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt iss þatt tu lufesst itt,
                                
                                  & follȝhesst itt & fillesst.
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                                  Clænnessess mahht iss witerrliȝ
                                
                                  An oþerr hæfedd mahhte;

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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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