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

                                
                                  Þatt comm upponn Herodess daȝȝ
                                
                                  To wurrþenn mann onn erþe;
                                  Line 7005 
                                
                                  Forr þatt unnfæle Herode king,
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass borenn unnderr,
                                
                                  Ne wass nohht off Judisskenn þed
                                
                                  Acc off hæþene þede.
                                
                                  & þurrh þe king off Romeburrh
                                  Line 7010 
                                
                                  Himm ȝifenn wass þatt riche,
                                
                                  & he wass all hæþene king
                                
                                  Amang Judisskenn þede,
                                
                                  Þatt time þatt te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Wass borenn her to manne.
                                  Line 7015 
                                
                                  Þatt tun wass nemmnedd Beþþleæm
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass borenn i˘ne,
                                
                                  & itt wass nemmnedd Effrata
                                
                                  Biforenn þatt forrlannge,
                                
                                  Forr uss to tacnenn mikell þing
                                  Line 7020 
                                
                                  Þatt siþþenn shollde wurrþenn;
                                
                                  Forr Beþþleæm bitacneþþ uss
                                
                                  Þatt hus þatt bræd iss inne,
                                
                                  & Effrata bitacneþþ uss
                                
                                  Shæwerrne onn Ennglissh spæche.
                                  Line 7025 
                                
                                  & baþe tacnenn opennliȝ
                                
                                  Þa góde menness herrtess,
                                
                                  Þatt nittenn eche lifess bræd
                                
                                  Till þeȝȝre sawle berrhless,
                                
                                  Þe Laferrd Cristess flæsh & blod
                                  Line 7030 
                                
                                  All affterr Cristess lare,
                                
                                  & sen & shæwenn þurrh innsihht
                                
                                  & þurrh þe rihhte læfe

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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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