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

                                  
                                    Warrþ all to nohht forrþrihht anan
                                  
                                    Affterr þatt Crist wass fundenn.

                                  
                                    Maþew þe Goddspellwrihhte seȝȝþ
                                  
                                    Þatt Crist comm her to manne
                                  
                                    I Beþþleæm Jude, forr swa
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                                    To don uss tunnderrstanndenn,
                                  
                                    Þatt tweȝȝenn burrȝhess wærenn þa
                                  
                                    Þa Crist comm her to manne,
                                  
                                    An i þe land off Galile
                                  
                                    I Zabuloness maȝȝþe,
                                    Line 6985 
                                  
                                    An oþerr i Juda nohht ferr
                                  
                                    Fra Ȝerrsalæmess chesstre,
                                  
                                    & eȝȝþerr, wiss to fulle soþ,
                                  
                                    Wass Beþþleæm ȝehatenn.
                                  
                                    & ec he seȝȝþ þatt Jesu Crist
                                    Line 6990 
                                  
                                    Wass borenn her to manne
                                  
                                    Upponn Herode kingess daȝȝ,
                                  
                                    To don uss tunnderrstanndenn
                                  
                                    Þatt Jesu Crist wass witerrliȝ
                                  
                                    Þatt illke, off whamm profetess
                                    Line 6995 
                                  
                                    Haffdenn forrlannge cwiddedd ær,
                                  
                                    Þatt Issraæle þede
                                  
                                    Aȝȝ sholldenn habbenn allderrmenn
                                  
                                    & kingess off hemm sellfenn,
                                  
                                    Aȝȝ till þatt Godess Sune Crist
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                                    To manne cumenn shollde;
                                  
                                    Forr þatt wass filledd opennliȝ
                                  
                                    Þurrh Jesu Cristess come,

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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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