Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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

[col 125] Forr lufe off aniȝ oþerr mann, Þær hatesst tu ȝunnc baþe, Þurrh þatt tu dosst ȝunnc baþe þær To gilltenn Godd onnȝæness.
Nu mihht tu seggenn her to me 5150 Þiss word, ȝiff þatt te þinnkeþþ, Whi birrþ me lufenn Godd & mann, Whi birrþ me lufenn baþe? Inoh iss me to lufenn Godd, Þærþurrh maȝȝ icc ben borrȝhenn. 5155 Off þiss wile icc annswerenn þe Þatt tatt icc unnderrstannde, Affterr þatt little witt tatt me Min Drihhtin hafeþþ lenedd. Ȝiff þatt tu mihhtesst lufenn Godd 5160 Swa þatt itt wære himm cweme Wiþþutenn lufe off iwhillc mann, Þa mihhtesst tu ben borrȝhenn Wiþþutenn lufe off iwhillc mann Þurrh lufe off Drihhtin áne; 5165 Forr ȝiff þatt tu mihht cwemenn Godd, Þa mihht tu wurrþenn borrȝhenn. Acc þe birrþ wi˘tenn witerrliȝ Þatt Godd niss nowwþerr cweme, Ne þatt tu mikell lufesst himm, 5170 Ne þatt tu ȝeorne himm þeowwtesst,
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The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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