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

                                
                                  Summ si˘þe þær he talde hemm spell
                                
                                  Off heofennrichess blisse.
                                
                                  He sette himm æness onn an munnt,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
                                  Line 5375 
                                
                                  & mikell follc wass þær wiþþ himm,
                                
                                  Forr himm to sen & herenn,
                                
                                  & forr to tăkenn hæle att himm
                                
                                  Off iwhillc unntrummnesse.
                                
                                  & tær he talde hemm alle spell
                                  Line 5380 
                                
                                  Off ædiȝnessess seoffne,
                                
                                  Þatt hallȝhe weress follȝhenn her,
                                
                                  Drihhtin þærþurrh to cwemenn.
                                
                                  Nu mihht tu sen þatt mikell þing
                                
                                  Þurrh tale off seoffne iss tacnedd;
                                  Line 5385 
                                
                                  Forr itt bitacneþþ opennliȝ,
                                
                                  Swa summ icc hafe shæwedd,
                                
                                  Rihht seffne bedess þatt mann finnt
                                
                                  Uppo þe Paterr Nossterr,
                                
                                  & seoffne ȝifess þatt man foþ
                                  Line 5390 
                                
                                  Off Haliȝ Gastess hellpe,
                                
                                  & ȝe¯¯ itt tacneþþ, tekenn þatt,
                                
                                  Rihht ædiȝnessess seoffne,
                                
                                  Þatt hallȝhe weress follȝhenn her,
                                
                                  Forr Drihhtin swa to cwemenn
                                  Line 5395 
                                
                                  Þe firrste bĕde þatt mann bitt
                                
                                  Uppo þe Paterr Nossterr
                                
                                  Þatt iss, þatt Godess name beo
                                
                                  Rihht lofedd her & wurrþedd;
                                
                                  Forr whase Godess name maȝȝ
                                  Line 5400 
                                
                                  Rihht lofenn her & wurrþenn,

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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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