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

                                
                                  Dost all to gode þatt tu mihht,
                                
                                  & ifell all forrwerrpesst.
                                
                                  & her þu mihht nu sen full wel
                                  Line 5260 
                                
                                  Þatt lufe iss all i dedess;
                                
                                  Forr maȝȝ na lufe berrȝhenn þe
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn gode dedess;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þu lufesst Godd, tet¯¯ birrþ
                                
                                  Wiþþ gode dedess shæwenn,
                                  Line 5265 
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu lufesst mann, þet¯¯ birrþ
                                
                                  Wiþþ gode dedess shæwenn,
                                
                                  Þa mihht tu Godd & gode menn
                                
                                  Cwemenn, & wurrþenn borrȝhenn.
                                
                                  & ure Laferrd seȝȝde þuss
                                  Line 5270 
                                
                                  Till hise Leorningcnihhtess;
                                
                                  Þatt iss min bodeword, tatt ȝe
                                
                                  Ȝuw lufenn swa bitwenenn
                                
                                  Rihht alls icc hafe lufedd ȝuw.
                                
                                  Her maȝȝ mann unnderrstanndenn
                                  Line 5275 
                                
                                  Whillc gate me birrþ lufenn þe,
                                
                                  & illc mann lufenn oþerr;
                                
                                  Þatt illke wise badd he þeȝȝm
                                
                                  Hemm lufenn hemm bitwenenn,
                                
                                  Þatt illke wise þatt he þeȝȝm
                                  Line 5280 
                                
                                  Hiss lufe shæwedd haffde.
                                
                                  Nu birrþ me shæwenn, ȝiff I kann,
                                
                                  O whillkess kinness wise
                                
                                  Þe Laferrd Cristess lufe wass
                                
                                  Onn hise posstless sene,
                                  Line 5285 
                                
                                  & tanne shallt tu muȝhenn sen
                                
                                  O whillkess kinness wise

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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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