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

                                
                                  Towarrd an mikell burrȝhess tun
                                
                                  Þatt wass Sareppta nemmnedd;
                                  Line 8630 
                                
                                  & att tatt burrȝhess ȝate himm comm
                                
                                  An widewe toȝæness,
                                
                                  & he badd tatt ȝho shollde himm þa
                                
                                  An litell waterr fecchenn,
                                
                                  & seȝȝde þatt he wass forrþrisst,
                                  Line 8635 
                                
                                  & tatt he wollde drinnkenn.
                                
                                  & ȝho þa wollde sone anan
                                
                                  Himm fecchenn þatt he ȝeorrnde.
                                
                                  & he badd tatt ȝho shollde himm ec
                                
                                  An bi˘te brædess brinngenn,
                                  Line 8640 
                                
                                  & ȝho þa ȝaff himm sware onnȝæn,
                                
                                  & seȝȝde þuss wiþþ worde;
                                
                                  Þin Laferrd Godd Allmahhtiȝ wa¯¯t,
                                
                                  Þatt wel wa¯¯t alle þingess,
                                
                                  Þatt nafe icc nohht off metekinn
                                  Line 8645 
                                
                                  Till me, ne till min wennchell,
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn mĕle alls itt beo rihht
                                
                                  An hanndfull inn an fe¯¯tless,
                                
                                  & littless whatt off elesæw
                                
                                  Inn elesæwess fe¯¯tless;
                                  Line 8650 
                                
                                  & her I gaddre stikkess twa
                                
                                  Swa summ þu seost, lef laferd,
                                
                                  Forr to min sune & forr to me
                                
                                  To ȝarrkenn þatt to fode;
                                
                                  & siþþenn shule witt anan
                                  Line 8655 
                                
                                  Off hunngerr deȝenn baþe.
                                
                                  & ta ȝe¯¯ space þuss hire to
                                
                                  Helyas þe prophete;

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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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