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

                                
                                  Nu, laferrdinngess, fareþþ forþ,
                                
                                  & sekeþþ swiþe ȝeorne
                                
                                  Þatt newe king þatt borenn iss
                                
                                  Her i þiss land to manne,
                                
                                  & sone summ ȝe findenn himm,
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                                  Whær summ he beoþ onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Wiþþ ȝure maddmess lakeþþ himm
                                
                                  & buȝheþþ himm & luteþþ,
                                
                                  & cumeþþ efft onnȝæn till me,
                                
                                  & witeþþ me to seggenn
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                                  Whær icc me muȝhe findenn himm
                                
                                  To lakenn himm & lutenn.
                                
                                  & teȝȝ þa wenndenn fra þe king
                                
                                  Till þeȝȝre rihhte weȝȝe,
                                
                                  & teȝȝre steorne wass hemm þa
                                  Line 6420 
                                
                                  Full rædiȝ upp o liffte,
                                
                                  To ledenn hemm þatt weȝȝe rihht
                                
                                  Þatt laȝȝ towarrd tatt chesstre
                                
                                  Þatt wass ȝehatenn Beþþleæm,
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass borenn inne.
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                                  & off þatt tatt teȝȝ sæȝhenn efft
                                
                                  Þatt steorrne þatt hemm ledde,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ wærenn bliþe sone anan
                                
                                  Þurrh swiþe mikell blisse.
                                
                                  & teȝȝre steorne ledde hemm rihht
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                                  Till Beþþleæmess chesstre,
                                
                                  Þær ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
                                
                                  Wass borenn her to manne;
                                
                                  & forrþrihht whanne itt cumenn wass
                                
                                  Till Beþþleæmess chesstre,

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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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