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

                                
                                  Þuss mihht tu lufenn alle menn
                                
                                  All all swa summ þe sellfenn,
                                
                                  & hellpenn forrþenn alle menn
                                
                                  All all swa summ þe sellfenn,
                                
                                  & lufenn þohh & hellpenn þohh
                                  Line 5120 
                                
                                  Aȝȝ allre mast te sellfenn.
                                
                                  Þuss birrþ þe lufenn Godd & mann,
                                
                                  Swa summ icc habbe shæwedd,
                                
                                  & forr þatt te þiss lufe birrþ
                                
                                  O tweȝȝenn hallfe fillenn,
                                  Line 5125 
                                
                                  Forrþi wass itt bitacnedd wel
                                
                                  Þurrh tale off tweȝȝenn hunndredd.
                                
                                  & forr þatt eȝȝþerr hunndredd iss
                                
                                  Full tale all þwerrt u¯¯t filledd,
                                
                                  & swa fullþri˘fenn þatt itt nohht
                                  Line 5130 
                                
                                  Ne maȝȝ na mare waxxenn,
                                
                                  Forrþi wass eȝȝþerr tale sett
                                
                                  Full opennliȝ to tacnenn,
                                
                                  Þatt te birrþ eȝȝþerr lufess mahht
                                
                                  Fullfremeddlike fillenn
                                  Line 5135 
                                
                                  Swa wel, þatt eȝȝþerr filledd be
                                
                                  All þwerrt u¯¯t wel wiþþ alle.
                                
                                  & te birrþ lokenn þe þatt tu
                                
                                  Ne do nan ifell dede
                                
                                  Forr lufe off nan lifisshe mann,
                                  Line 5140 
                                
                                  Forr Godd itt te forrbedeþþ
                                
                                  To gilltenn ohht onnȝæness himm,
                                
                                  Forr aniȝ mann to cwemenn;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þu dosst þatt ifell iss,
                                
                                  & opennlike gilltesst

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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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