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

                                
                                  To lutenn himm, to lakenn himm,
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                                  To buȝhenn himm o cnewwess.
                                
                                  & wen iss þatt he wass forrdredd
                                
                                  & serrhfull inn hiss herrte,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wennde þatt tatt follc
                                
                                  Upponn himm cumenn wære
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                                  Wiþþ strenncþe, forr to niþþrenn himm,
                                
                                  To wannsenn himm hiss riche.
                                
                                  & wel itt mihhte ben þatt he
                                
                                  Wass gramm & grill & bollȝhenn
                                
                                  All forr þe náness, forr þatt he
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                                  Swa wollde don hiss lede
                                
                                  To ben all þess te mare offdredd
                                
                                  Off himm & off hiss eȝȝe.
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þe riche mann iss braþ,
                                
                                  & grimme, & tór to cwemenn,
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                                  Hiss lede þatt iss unnderr himm
                                
                                  Himm dredeþþ þess te mare;
                                
                                  & tohh swa þehh ne till þe follc,
                                
                                  Ne till þe laferrd nowwþerr
                                
                                  Niss þatt nohht þwerrt u¯¯t god inoh
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                                  Till þeȝȝre sawle berrhless,
                                
                                  Þatt he be grimme & aȝhefull,
                                
                                  & braþ & tór to cwemenn,
                                
                                  Forr he maȝȝ ben swa grimme mann
                                
                                  Þatt he beþ laþ hiss lede,
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                                  & tatt iss eȝȝþerr himm & hemm
                                
                                  Unnhalsumm to þe sawle.
                                
                                  & forrþi birrþ himm stanndenn in
                                
                                  To don wiþþ word & dede,

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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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