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

                                
                                  Þa þatt unncuþe follc comm inn,
                                
                                  To lefenn uppo Criste.
                                  Line 6465 
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ fundenn ure Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  & fellenn dun o cnewwess,
                                
                                  To buȝhenn & to lutenn himm
                                
                                  Wiþþ hæfedd & wiþþ heorrte.
                                
                                  & illc an king oppnede þær
                                  Line 6470 
                                
                                  Hiss hord off hise maddmess,
                                
                                  & illc an ȝaff himm þrinne lac
                                
                                  To lakenn himm & wurrþenn.
                                
                                  An lac wass gold, te Goddspell seȝȝþ,
                                
                                  An oþerr lac wass recless,
                                  Line 6475 
                                
                                  Þe þridde þatt teȝȝ gæfenn himm
                                
                                  Wass an full deore sallfe,
                                
                                  & itt iss o þe Goddspellboc
                                
                                  Myrra bi name nemmnedd.
                                
                                  & her iss litell oþerr nohht
                                  Line 6480 
                                
                                  I þiss land off þatt sallfe,
                                
                                  Acc i þe Kalldeowisshe land
                                
                                  Mann maȝȝ itt summwhær findenn.
                                
                                  Þatt lic þatt smeredd iss þærwiþþ
                                
                                  Biforr þatt mann itt dellfeþþ,
                                  Line 6485 
                                
                                  Ne maȝȝ itt nohht affterr þatt daȝȝ
                                
                                  Lihhtlike wurrþenn eorþe;
                                
                                  & itt wass þeȝȝre þridde lac,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ·
                                
                                  & affterr þatt teȝȝ haffdenn Crist
                                  Line 6490 
                                
                                  Wiþþ heore maddmess lakedd,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ tokenn nihhtess resste þær
                                
                                  I Beþþleæmess chesstre;

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
Canvas: Page 224
Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/afw5744.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/afw5744.0001.001/372

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:afw5744.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/afw5744.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2025.

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

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item