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

                                
                                  Kalldisskenn lede seȝȝde þuss
                                
                                  Till Issraæle þede;
                                
                                  We sæȝhenn æst in ure land
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                                  Þiss newe kingess sterrne,
                                
                                  We sæȝhenn itt full brad & brihht
                                
                                  œst, tær þe sunne ríseþþ·
                                
                                  & tiss bilimmpeþþ wel till Crist
                                
                                  Off þatt he comm to manne;
                                  Line 7275 
                                
                                  Forr Crist sellf iss þatt sterrnelem
                                
                                  Þatt all mannkinn birrþ follȝhenn,
                                
                                  & Crist iss ec soþ sunnebæm
                                
                                  Þatt all þiss werelld lihhteþþ,
                                
                                  Þatt sunnebæm þatt riseþþ aȝȝ
                                  Line 7280 
                                
                                  I gode menness herrtess,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he doþ hemm risenn aȝȝ
                                
                                  Upp inntill heȝhe mahhtess.
                                
                                  & wunnderr mikell shame wass
                                
                                  Till Issraæle þede
                                  Line 7285 
                                
                                  Þatt hæþenn follc, Kalldisskenn follc,
                                
                                  Wass warr off Cristess come,
                                
                                  & teȝȝ þatt haffdenn lare inoh
                                
                                  Off þatt he cumenn shollde,
                                
                                  Nærenn nohht warre off þatt, tatt he
                                  Line 7290 
                                
                                  Wass cumenn þa to manne
                                
                                  & alle þa þatt herrdenn itt
                                
                                  & wisstenn itt off siþre,
                                
                                  Þatt he wass cumenn sikerrliȝ
                                
                                  Forr all mannkinne nede,
                                  Line 7295 
                                
                                  & nohht ne kepptenn þohh onn himm
                                
                                  To lefenn ne to trowwenn,

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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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