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

                                
                                  Off — þatt icc segge þatt te birrþ
                                
                                  All all swa lufenn oþre,
                                
                                  & hătenn oþre, & hellpenn hemm,
                                  Line 5090 
                                
                                  All all swa summ þe sellfenn.
                                
                                  Ne segge icc þe nohht tatt te birrþ
                                
                                  All all se mikell hellpe,
                                
                                  & all se mikell lufe, & ec
                                
                                  All all se mikell ȝemsle,
                                  Line 5095 
                                
                                  Þwerrt u¯¯t onn iwhillc oþerr mann
                                
                                  Alls o þe sellfenn leggenn;
                                
                                  Forr Drihhtin þe ne biddeþþ nohht
                                
                                   [col 124] All all se mikell hellpe
                                
                                  Don upponn oþre alls uppo þe;
                                  Line 5100 
                                
                                  Acc o þatt illke wise
                                
                                  Wiþþ oþre he bideþþ þe don wel
                                
                                  Þatt tu dosst wiþþ þe sellfenn;
                                
                                  Forr þe birrþ lufenn oþre menn
                                
                                  & lufenn ec þe sellfenn,
                                  Line 5105 
                                
                                  Acc mare þe þann oþre menn
                                
                                  Þu lufenn mihht wiþþ lefe,
                                
                                  & god te birrþ don oþre menn
                                
                                  & god don ec þe sellfenn,
                                
                                  Acc mare þe þann oþre menn
                                  Line 5110 
                                
                                  Þu mihht don god wiþþ lefe.
                                
                                  & te birrþ ȝeornenn daȝȝ & nihht
                                
                                  Þatt all follc wurrþe borrȝhenn,
                                
                                  & tohh þe birrþ ȝe¯¯ allre mast
                                
                                  Þin aȝhenn berrhless ȝernenn.

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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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