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

                                
                                  Hu mann birrþ lefenn uppo Godd,
                                
                                  Ne nohht off Godess lare,
                                
                                  Biforenn þatt unnfæle follc
                                
                                  Þatt skirrpeþþ þær onnȝæness,
                                
                                  Biforenn þa þatt tăkenn all
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                                  Onn hæþinng þatt we spellenn;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þeȝȝ herenn ohht off Godd,
                                
                                  & skirrpenn þær onnȝæness,
                                
                                  Þa beþ hemm ȝarrkedd mare inoh
                                
                                  & werrse pine inn helle,
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                                  Þann iff þeȝȝ haffdenn herrd itt nohht
                                
                                  Ne skarnedd tær onnȝæness,
                                
                                  & forrþi birrþ þe lokenn þe
                                
                                  Þatt tu till hemm ne spelle,
                                
                                  Þatt hemm ne falle þurrh þin spell
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                                  Þe mare wa to dreȝhenn.
                                
                                  Heroffe seȝȝþ þe Goddspellboc
                                
                                  Þatt Crist himm sellf þuss seȝȝde;
                                
                                  Ne birrþ þe nohht nan haliȝ þing
                                
                                  Biforenn hundess werrpenn,
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                                  Ne nohht ne birrþ þe to þe swin
                                
                                  Werrpenn marrgrotestaness;
                                
                                  Forr þa þatt lætenn hæþeliȝ
                                
                                  Off Godess hallȝhe lare,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ sindenn wiss hundess & swin
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                                  Þurrh þeȝȝre laþe sinness.
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt hord tatt oppnedd wass
                                
                                  & draȝhenn forþ & awwnedd
                                
                                  Þurrh þa þre kingess, i þatt hus
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass borenn inne,

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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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