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

                                
                                  & o þin Godd full bliþeliȝ
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                                  Þe birrþ þin ahhte nittenn.
                                
                                  Off all þatt god tatt o þe ȝer
                                
                                  Iss ekedd to þin ahhte,
                                
                                  Off all þatt god te birrþ þin Godd
                                
                                  Þe tende dale brinngenn,
                                  Line 6125 
                                
                                  & all þe birrþ bitæchenn itt
                                
                                  Þe preost o Godess hallfe,
                                
                                  Onnȝæn þatt he shall shrifenn þe
                                
                                  & huslenn ec, & lærenn,
                                
                                  & biddenn forr þe daȝȝ & nihht,
                                  Line 6130 
                                
                                  & brinngenn þe till eorþe.
                                
                                  & tekenn all þe tende lott,
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t birrþ þe brinngenn mare;
                                
                                  Forr þe birrþ don þin hellpe to
                                
                                  Aȝȝ affterr þine fére,
                                  Line 6135 
                                
                                  To findenn all þatt æfre iss ned
                                
                                  Abutenn Godess allterr.
                                
                                  & te birrþ cnelenn to þin Godd
                                
                                  & lutenn himm & lakenn,
                                
                                  & te birrþ lufenn wel þin preost
                                  Line 6140 
                                
                                  & lutenn himm & lefftenn,
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t forrþenn þohh he nohht ne beo
                                
                                  Swa god mann summ himm birrde.
                                
                                  & loc þatt tu ne tæle himm nohht
                                
                                  Þohh þatt he beo to tælenn;
                                  Line 6145 
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þe preost missdoþ, he¯¯t shall
                                
                                  Wiþþ Cristess hellpe betenn,
                                
                                  & ȝiff þatt he¯¯t ne beteþþ nohht
                                
                                  Itt draȝheþþ himm till helle.

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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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