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

                                
                                  & tatt wass þanne sone don
                                
                                  To forþenn himm hiss wille.
                                
                                  & tweȝȝenn haffde he lĕtenn ær
                                
                                  Off hise suness cwellenn,
                                  Line 8150 
                                
                                  œr þann þatt ifell comm himm to
                                
                                  Þatt held himm þa swa fasste.
                                
                                  Hiss feorrþe sune he ȝaff þe land
                                
                                  & sette himm þær to kinge,
                                
                                  & he wass, þatt witt tu full wel,
                                  Line 8155 
                                
                                  Arrchelauss ȝehatenn.
                                
                                  & ȝe¯¯ he haffde suness ma,
                                
                                  Acc himm he ȝaff þatt crune,
                                
                                  To weldenn all hiss kinedom
                                
                                  Affterr hiss lifess ende;
                                  Line 8160 
                                
                                  & affterr þatt ta wass he dæd
                                
                                  Inn all hiss miccle sinne.
                                
                                  Acc þær wass mikell oferrgarrt
                                
                                  & modiȝnesse shæwedd
                                
                                  Abutenn þatt stinnckennde lic,
                                  Line 8165 
                                
                                  Þær itt wass brohht till eorþe;
                                
                                  Forr all þe bære wass bileȝȝd
                                
                                  Wiþþ bætenn gold & sillferr,
                                
                                  & all itt wass eȝȝwhær bisett
                                
                                  Wiþþ deorewurrþe staness,
                                  Line 8170 
                                
                                  & all þatt wæde þatt tær wass
                                
                                  Uppo þe bære fundenn,
                                
                                  All wass itt off þe bettste pall
                                
                                  Þatt aniȝ mann maȝȝ aȝhenn,
                                
                                  & all itt wass wundenn wiþþ gold
                                  Line 8175 
                                
                                  & sett wiþþ deore staness,

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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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