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

                                
                                  & ȝiff þin preost missdoþ, þe birrþ
                                  Line 6150 
                                
                                  Full innwarrdlike biddenn,
                                
                                  Þatt Drihhtin ȝife himm wille & mahht
                                
                                  To betenn hise sinness;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þu biddesst forr þin preost,
                                
                                  Þu biddesst forr þe sellfenn,
                                  Line 6155 
                                
                                  & cwemesst Godd þurrh þatt tatt tu
                                
                                  Swa biddesst forr ȝunnc baþe.
                                
                                  & te birrþ ec þin rihhte winn
                                
                                  Aȝȝ att te nede nittenn
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t forrþenn uppo fremmde menn,
                                  Line 6160 
                                
                                  Þatt nedenn to þin hellpe;
                                
                                  Forr þe birrþ fedenn hunngriȝ mann
                                
                                  & þrisstiȝ gifenn drinnke;
                                
                                  & te birrþ claþenn nakedd mann
                                
                                   [col 152] & sec mann þe birrþ frofrenn,
                                  Line 6165 
                                
                                  & himm þatt iss herrberrȝhelæs
                                
                                  Þe birrþ herrberrȝhe findenn,
                                
                                  & himm þatt i cwarrterrne liþ
                                
                                  Forrbundenn & forrþrungenn,
                                
                                  Himm birrþ þe fillstnenn wiþþ þin fe
                                  Line 6170 
                                
                                  To lesenn himm off bandess.
                                
                                  & aȝȝ þe birrþ þe sellfenn rihht
                                
                                  & laȝhelike ledenn
                                
                                  Towarrd illc an lifisshe mann,
                                
                                  Þatt ohht wiþþ þe shall dælenn.
                                  Line 6175 
                                
                                  Þin laferrd birrþ þe buhsumm beon
                                
                                  & hold & trigg & trowwe.

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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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