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

                                
                                  Rihht swa, summ þeȝȝ þurrh þeȝȝre lac
                                
                                  Uss didenn tunnderrstanndenn.
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ gæfenn Drihhtin gold forrþi
                                
                                  Þatt itt bitacnenn shollde,
                                
                                   [col 166] Þatt teȝȝ himm heldenn witerrliȝ
                                  Line 6670 
                                
                                  Forr King off alle kingess;
                                
                                  & tatt wass haȝherrlike don,
                                
                                  Forr þatt teȝȝ wel itt wisstenn
                                
                                  Þatt mann birrþ lakenn eorþliȝ king
                                
                                  Wiþþ gold & ec wiþþ sillferr.
                                  Line 6675 
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt tatt teȝȝ ȝæfenn himm
                                
                                  An oþerr lac off recless,
                                
                                  Þærþurrh þeȝȝ didenn uss full wel
                                
                                  To seon & tunnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Þatt teȝȝ himm heldenn forr soþ Godd
                                  Line 6680 
                                
                                  Inn ure mennisscnesse,
                                
                                  & tatt mann birrde buȝhenn himm,
                                
                                  & lutenn himm & lakenn;
                                
                                  & tatt wass haȝherrlike don,
                                
                                  Forr þatt teȝȝ wel itt wisstenn
                                  Line 6685 
                                
                                  Þatt mann birrþ þeowwtenn Drihhtin Godd
                                
                                  Wiþþ recless att hiss allterr.
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt tatt teȝȝ ȝæfenn himm
                                
                                  Þatt dĕorewurrþe sallfe
                                
                                  Þatt mann doþ o þe dæde lic,
                                  Line 6690 
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ seȝȝdenn uss wiþþ dede,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess word wass wurrþenn mann
                                
                                  To þolenn dæþ onn eorþe,

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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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