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

                                
                                  & all þatt land iss ec Sabá
                                
                                  Affterr þatt waterr nemmnedd,
                                
                                  & itt iss i Kalldealand
                                
                                  œst, tær þe sŭne riseþþ·
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                                  & ta þatt comenn off þatt land
                                
                                  To sekenn Crist wiþþ lakess,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ wisstenn wel þatt Crist wass Godd,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ sæȝhenn heffne
                                
                                  Buȝhenn till himm, to þewwtenn himm
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                                  Wiþþ new & unncuþ sterrne,
                                
                                  Þatt forrþrihht shapenn wass þurrh Crist,
                                
                                  To tæchenn whær he wære,
                                
                                  & forr to tacnenn Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & all þe rihhte læfe,
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                                  Þatt shollde ledenn hæþenn þed
                                
                                  Upp inntill heffness blisse,
                                
                                  Swa summ þatt sterrne ledde forþ
                                
                                  Þatt Kalldewisshe lede
                                
                                  Till Effrata, till Beþþleæm
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                                  Þatt Crist wass borenn inne.
                                
                                  New sterrne, & all unncuþ wass wrohht,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt shollde tacnenn
                                
                                  Þatt newe Adam þatt cumenn wass
                                
                                  All unncuþ her to manne.
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                                  Kalldisske þed comm forþ & cwaþþ;
                                
                                  Whær muȝhe we nu findenn
                                
                                  Þiss Judewisshe follkess king
                                
                                  Þatt iss nu borenn newenn?
                                
                                  & tatt wass seȝȝd alls iff þeȝȝ þuss
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                                  Wiþþ oþre wordess seȝȝdenn,

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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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