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

                                
                                  Þa birrþ uss tăkenn bliþeliȝ
                                  Line 4830 
                                
                                  Att himm whattse iss unnsellþe.
                                
                                  Þuss spacc Drihhtiness kemmpe Job
                                
                                  Inn all hiss miccle unnsellþe;
                                
                                  & te birrþ takenn bisne att himm
                                
                                  To þannkenn Godd wiþþ herrte,
                                  Line 4835 
                                
                                   [col 119] All þatt he setteþþ uppo þe
                                
                                  Off sellþe & off unnsellþe,
                                
                                  Swa þatt tu dreoriȝ nohht ne beo
                                
                                  Off nan eorþlike unnseollþe,
                                
                                  Acc tăke bliþeliȝ þærwiþþ,
                                  Line 4840 
                                
                                  & þannke itt Godd wiþþ heorrte,
                                
                                  Forr þiss is swiþe mikell mahht,
                                
                                  & Drihhtin swiþe cweme;
                                
                                  & beo þu sikerr þatt he shall
                                
                                  Þe ȝifenn eche blisse,
                                  Line 4845 
                                
                                  Onnȝæn all þatt wanndraþ & wa
                                
                                  Þatt te bilimmpeþþ here,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu forr þe lufe off himm
                                
                                  Itt bliþelike dreȝhesst.
                                
                                  Þiss mahhte tredeþþ unnderrfo¯¯t,
                                  Line 4850 
                                
                                  & drifeþþ fra þin herrte,
                                
                                  All flæshliȝ care & serrȝhe & si¯¯t
                                
                                  Off illc eorþlike unnseollþe,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt iss þatt tu lufesst itt
                                
                                  & shæwesst itt wiþþ bisne.
                                  Line 4855 
                                
                                  Þe seoffnde mahht iss hæfedd mahht
                                
                                  & haliȝ mahht wiþþ alle,

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
Canvas: Page 167
Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/afw5744.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/afw5744.0001.001/315

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:afw5744.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/afw5744.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2025.

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

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item