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

                                
                                  Off Godess kinde, off Godess mahht,
                                
                                  Off Godess eche wullderr,
                                  Line 7035 
                                
                                  All þatt tatt erþliȝ mann maȝȝ sen
                                
                                  Þurrh clennsedd sawless eȝhe.
                                
                                  & gode menness clene lund,
                                
                                  & gode menness herrtess,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ sinndenn þatt hallȝhe gessthus
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                                  Þatt Crist iss borenn inne;
                                
                                  Forr Cristess resste & Cristess ro
                                
                                  & Cristess swete slæpess
                                
                                  Sinndenn, þatt witt tu wel forr soþ,
                                
                                  I gode menness herrtess;
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                                  & gode menness clene lund,
                                
                                  & gode menness herrtess,
                                
                                  Tihhtenn & turrnenn hæþenn follc
                                
                                  & ec Judisskenn lede,
                                
                                  Þurrh haliȝ bisne & haliȝ spell,
                                  Line 7050 
                                
                                  To lefenn uppo Criste,
                                
                                  To sekenn Crist, to lutenn Crist,
                                
                                  To lakenn Crist o cnewwess,
                                
                                  All swa summ Judewisshe led
                                
                                  & Kalldewisshe comenn
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                                  Till Effrata, till Beþþleæm,
                                
                                  To lefenn uppo Criste.
                                
                                  Þe Kalldewisshe follc comm forþ
                                
                                  To sekenn Crist wiþþ lakess,
                                
                                  & seȝȝdenn till Judisskenn follc,
                                  Line 7060 
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
                                
                                  Whær iss þe Judewisshe king
                                
                                  Þatt borenn iss nu newenn?

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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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