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

                                
                                  Forr Cristess þeoww birrþ fillenn wel
                                
                                  All þatt te Goddspell beodeþþ,
                                
                                  & whanne he¯¯t hafeþþ filledd all
                                
                                  Þuss birrþ himm þanne seggenn;
                                
                                  Icc amm an allforrwurrþenn þeoww
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                                  & all unnitt & idel,
                                
                                  Þatt tatt icc he¯¯t Drihhtin wiþþ word
                                
                                  Ne fille icc nohht wiþþ dede.
                                
                                  Þuss birrþ himm all forrwerrpenn her
                                
                                  To ȝellpenn off himm sellfenn,
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                                  Ȝiff þatt he wile cwemenn Godd,
                                
                                  & winnenn eche blisse.
                                
                                  Þehhtennde mahht iss allre mast
                                
                                  Off alle þise mahhtess,
                                
                                  & tatt forrþi forr þatt itt iss
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                                  Moderr off alle þóþre,
                                
                                  Þatt tu forr soþfasst lufe o Godd
                                
                                  Soþfasst meocnesse follȝhe.
                                
                                  Þiss mahhte iss, alls icc seȝȝde nu,
                                
                                  Moderr off alle þóþre;
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                                  Forr alle mahhtess springenn u¯¯t
                                
                                  Off soþ meocnessess rote;
                                
                                  Forr niss nan mahht, tatt ohht iss wurrþ,
                                
                                  All shadd fra soþ meocnesse;
                                
                                  Forr aȝȝ birrþ soþ meocnesse ben
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                                  Wiþþ iwhillc mahht onn hellpe,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt itt shall þe gengenn ohht
                                
                                   [col 121] To winnenn eche blisse.

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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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