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

                                
                                  & teȝȝre wikenn wass forrþi
                                
                                  To spellenn to þe lede
                                
                                  Off-hu þeȝȝ mihhtenn cwemenn Godd
                                  Line 7210 
                                
                                  Þurrh þæwess & þurrh dedess,
                                
                                  & þurrh þe rihhte læfe o Godd,
                                
                                  Þurrh laȝhess & þurrh lakess;
                                
                                  & teȝȝ, þatt witt tu fuliȝwiss,
                                
                                  Wærenn Scribe ȝehatenn,
                                  Line 7215 
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt teȝȝre wikenn wass
                                
                                  To writenn laȝhebokess,
                                
                                  & ec to spellenn to þe follc
                                
                                  Off laȝhess & off lakess.
                                
                                  Kalldisskenn follc seȝȝde þatt Crist
                                  Line 7220 
                                
                                  Wass borenn, wiss to soþe,
                                
                                  & seȝȝdenn ec whatt daȝȝ þeȝȝ firrst
                                
                                  Þe newe sterrne sæȝhenn,
                                
                                  Þurrh whatt teȝȝ wisstenn wel whatt daȝȝ
                                
                                  Crist borenn wass onn erþe;
                                  Line 7225 
                                
                                  Acc whær o lande he borenn wass,
                                
                                  Þatt wass hemm all unnawwnedd,
                                
                                  & forrþi wass hemm sterrne sett,
                                
                                  To ledenn hemm þe weȝȝe
                                
                                  Anan inntill þatt illke tun
                                  Line 7230 
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass borenn inne.
                                
                                  & tatt Judisskenn læredd follc,
                                
                                  Bisskopess & larewess,
                                
                                  Þatt unnderrstodenn all off Crist
                                
                                  Þatt wi˘tess haffdenn cwiddedd,
                                  Line 7235 
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ seȝȝdenn hu þatt illke land,
                                
                                  & hu þatt tun wass nemmnedd,

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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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