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

                                
                                  & wiþþ þe rihhte Crisstenndom,
                                  Line 8485 
                                
                                  Þurrh Cristess Leorninngcnihhtess,
                                
                                  Affterr þatt daȝȝ þatt Crist himm sellf
                                
                                  Wass stiȝhenn upp till heoffne.
                                
                                  Þe Laferrd haffde litell rum
                                
                                  Inn all þatt miccle riche
                                  Line 8490 
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t tanne, & forrþi mihhte itt wel
                                
                                  Þatt little flocc bitacnenn
                                
                                  Þatt toc to lefenn uppo Crist
                                
                                  Þurrh Cristess posstless lare,
                                
                                  Affterr þatt tatt te Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 8495 
                                
                                  Wass stiȝhenn upp till heoffne.
                                
                                  Þatt Josæp barr þe Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Wiþþ Sannte Marȝe hiss moderr,
                                
                                  Firrst u¯¯t off Issraæless land
                                
                                  Inntill hæþene Egippte,
                                  Line 8500 
                                
                                  & tatt he barr himm efft onnȝæn
                                
                                  Inntill hiss aȝhenn birde,
                                
                                  Inntill Judisskenn þeode land
                                
                                  U¯¯t off hæþene Egippte,
                                
                                  Þatt wass don þurrh þe Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 8505 
                                
                                  Forr mikell þing to tacnenn.
                                
                                  Josæþ himm sellf bitacneþþ her
                                
                                   [col 212] Þe Laferrd Cristess posstless,
                                
                                  Þatt bærenn ure Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Wiþþ spelless & wiþþ werrkess
                                  Line 8510 
                                
                                  Fra land to land, fra tun to tun,
                                
                                  Fra wic to wic i tune.

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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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