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

                                
                                  & ȝho wass clene maȝȝdennmann
                                
                                  Þatt daȝȝ þatt ȝho toc macche;
                                
                                  & siþþenn wass ȝho sefenn ȝer
                                
                                  God wif wiþþ hire macche.
                                
                                  & tanne comm hiss endedaȝȝ
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                                  & ȝho bilæf o life.
                                
                                  & affter þatt tatt he wass dæd
                                
                                  Ne toc ȝho wiþþ nan oþerr,
                                
                                  Acc ledde siþþenn widdwe lif
                                
                                  Inn alle gode þæwess.
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                                  & ȝho wass, þatt witt tu full wel,
                                
                                  Aȝȝ siþþenn att te temmple,
                                
                                  To þeowwtenn Godd wiþþ bedesang,
                                
                                  Wiþþ fasstinng & wiþþ wecche.
                                
                                  & ȝho wass sextiȝ winnterr ald
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                                  & fowwre & twenntiȝ þanne;
                                
                                  & hire faderr Fanuæl
                                
                                  Wass off Asæress maȝȝþe,
                                
                                  & Asær wass, þatt witt tu wel,
                                
                                  An off þe Patriarrkess.
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                                  & ȝho spacc off þatt little child
                                
                                  Þatt tær wass brohht to kirrke,
                                
                                  Off þatt he wass Allmahhtiȝ Godd,
                                
                                  & mann i lif & sawle.
                                
                                  & affterr þatt te Laferrd Crist
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                                  Wass offredd tær wiþþ lakess,
                                
                                  & affterr þatt teȝȝ haffdenn don
                                
                                  All þatt te boc hemm tahhte,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ wenndenn ham wiþþ heore child,
                                
                                  & feddenn himm wiþþ blisse,

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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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