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

                                  
                                    Off - þatt teȝȝ þeȝȝre rihhte king,
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                                    Ȝiff þeȝȝ himm owhar wisstenn,
                                  
                                    Swa munndenn hidenn, þatt he nohht
                                  
                                    Ne shollde himm muȝhenn findenn,
                                  
                                    & forrþi nollde he nohht tatt teȝȝ
                                  
                                    Ohht herrdenn off þe sterrne,
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                                    Noff þatt he wollde cwellenn himm,
                                  
                                     [col 171] Ȝiff þatt he mihhte himm findenn
                                  
                                    Forr þatt he wass forrdredd tatt teȝȝ
                                  
                                    Himm sholldenn summwhær hidenn.

                                  
                                    Þatt Josæp nass nohht i þatt hus
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                                    Wiþþ Sannte Marȝe fundenn,
                                  
                                    Þær þa þreo kingess comenn inn
                                  
                                    To lefenn uppo Criste,
                                  
                                    Þatt wass full wel, & tatt bilammp
                                  
                                    All affterr Godess wille.
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                                    & itt wass baþe god & ned
                                  
                                    Till þatt Kalldewe genge,
                                  
                                    Þatt haffde follghedd aȝȝ till þa
                                  
                                    Illc hæþenndom & dwilde,
                                  
                                    & naffde næfre numenn gom
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                                    Noff Godd, noff Godess lare;
                                  
                                    Forr ȝiff þa Kalldewisshe menn
                                  
                                    Haffdenn þatt time fundenn
                                  
                                    Josæp þærinne wiþþ þe child,
                                  
                                    & wiþþ þe childess moderr,

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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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