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

                                
                                  & ec off, þatt he wass himm sellf
                                  Line 4800 
                                
                                  Full hefiȝlike secnedd
                                
                                  Onn all hiss bodiȝ her & tær
                                
                                  Þurrh an full atell adle,
                                
                                  He munnde ben full dreriȝ mann
                                
                                  & serrhfull inn hiss herrte,
                                  Line 4805 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt he nære wæpnedd wel
                                
                                  Þurrh soþfasst þildess wæpenn.
                                
                                  Acc he wass wæpnedd wel þurrh Godd
                                
                                  Onnȝæness illc unnseollþe,
                                
                                  Þurrh whatt he spacc wislike & wel
                                  Line 4810 
                                
                                  Inn all hiss miccle unnsellþe,
                                
                                  Ne seȝȝde he nohht; unnseliȝ mann
                                
                                  Amm icc onn eorþe wurrþenn,
                                
                                  Forr whatt iss Drihhtin me þuss wraþ,
                                
                                  Forr whatt amm í forrworrpenn?
                                  Line 4815 
                                
                                  Ne seȝȝde he nohht off þiss forr himm
                                
                                  To wanenn ne to menenn,
                                
                                  Acc seȝȝde; Drihhtin ȝaff me þiss
                                
                                  All wiþþ hiss lefe wille,
                                
                                  & Drihhtin takeþþ itt fra me
                                  Line 4820 
                                
                                  All wiþþ hiss lefe wille,
                                
                                  & all þiss iss bilummpenn me,
                                
                                  Swa summ itt Drihhtin likeþþ,
                                
                                  & þannkedd wurrþe min Drihhtin
                                
                                  All þatt tatt he me senndeþþ,
                                  Line 4825 
                                
                                  & blettsedd wurrþe hiss name nu
                                
                                  & æfre á butenn ende;
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt we tăkenn bliþeliȝ
                                
                                  Att Godd all þatt iss sellþe,

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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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