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

                                
                                  Forr whase wile clennsenn himm
                                
                                  & wiþþ hiss Godd himm sahhtlenn,
                                
                                  Himm birrþ off all hiss sinne beon
                                  Line 7835 
                                
                                  Þurrh fiffald pine clennsedd;
                                
                                  Forr himm birrþ forr þe lufe off Godd,
                                
                                  & forr hiss woh to betenn,
                                
                                  O fife wise pinenn her
                                
                                  Hiss bodiȝ & hiss sawle;
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                                  Forr himm birrþ lokenn himm þatt he
                                
                                  Ne seo nan þing wiþþ sinne;
                                
                                  & tatt iss, butt an wunnderr beo,
                                
                                  An lott off hefiȝ shriffte.
                                
                                  & himm birrþ lokenn himm þatt he
                                  Line 7845 
                                
                                  Ne lisste nohht wiþþ ære
                                
                                  Till naness kinness idellleȝȝc,
                                
                                   [col 178] Þatt haliȝ mann forrwerrpeþþ;
                                
                                  & tatt iss wiss an oþerr lott
                                
                                  Off god & haliȝ shriffte.
                                  Line 7850 
                                
                                  & himm birrþ lokenn himm full wel
                                
                                  Fra luffsumm æte & wæte,
                                
                                  & himm birrþ takenn fode & claþ
                                
                                  Unnorne & litell baþe;
                                
                                  & tatt iss wiss þe þridde lott
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                                  Off god & hefiȝ shriffte.
                                
                                  & himm birrþ lokenn himm þatt he
                                
                                  Ne ȝeorne nohht to dowwnenn
                                
                                  Wiþþ sinne naness kinness þing,
                                
                                  Þatt hafeþþ swete stinnchess;

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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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