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

                                
                                  & whase wile lakenn Godd
                                
                                  Wiþþ hise gode dedess,
                                
                                  Himm birrþ beon all unnskaþefull,
                                
                                  & soffte, & meoc, & milde.
                                  Line 7920 
                                
                                  & aȝȝ wass cullfre wiþþ þe lamb
                                
                                  Onn allterr — oþerr turrtle;
                                
                                  Forr iwhillc mann birrþ wepenn her,
                                
                                  & sikenn sare & suhhȝhenn,
                                
                                  & beon well swiþe sare offdredd,
                                  Line 7925 
                                
                                  Þatt all hiss gode dede
                                
                                  Ne mune himm nohht beon god inoh
                                
                                  To berrȝhenn himm fra pine.
                                
                                  & wop wass uss bitacnedd wel
                                
                                  Þurrh cullfre & turrtle baþe;
                                  Line 7930 
                                
                                  Forr þeȝȝre sang iss lic wiþþ wop,
                                
                                  Þatt wi˘tenn menn inoȝhe.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þatt ȝho wass wædle wif
                                
                                  Þatt lamb ne mihhte winnenn,
                                
                                  Þa wass þe lac wiþþ hire child
                                  Line 7935 
                                
                                  Off tweȝȝenn cullfre briddess,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspellwrihhte seȝȝþ,
                                
                                  Oþþr itt wass tweȝȝenn turrtless.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu Drihhtin nohht ne mihht
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t lakenn himm tocweme,
                                  Line 7940 
                                
                                  Swa summ þe wære ned, wiþþ lamb
                                
                                  Off soþ unnshaþiȝnesse,
                                
                                  Þatt iss, ȝiff þu ne mahht nohht ȝe¯¯t
                                
                                  All ȝemenn þe fra sinne,
                                
                                  Þa loc þu þatt tu lake Godd
                                  Line 7945 
                                
                                  Wiþþ tweȝȝenn cullfre briddess,

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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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