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

                                
                                  Ga, laffdiȝ, forþ, & dred te nohht,
                                
                                  Acc do swa summ þu seȝȝdesst,
                                  Line 8660 
                                
                                  Acc allre firrst macc þu to me
                                
                                  Þæroffe an litell kechell,
                                
                                  & siþþenn shallt tu makenn ȝunnc
                                
                                  To fode þatt tær lefeþþ·
                                
                                  Forr Drihhtin seȝȝþ þatt te shall wel
                                  Line 8665 
                                
                                  Þin little mele lasstenn,
                                
                                  & tatt te shall þin elesæw
                                
                                  Lasstenn, þohh itt beo litell,
                                
                                  Anan till þatt tatt Drihhtin Godd
                                
                                  Shall ȝifenn reȝȝn onn eorþe.
                                  Line 8670 
                                
                                   [col 215] & all bilammp þatt widdwe þa
                                
                                  Swa summ þe wite seȝȝde;
                                
                                  Ȝho ȝede & dide þatt he badd,
                                
                                  & brohhte himm u¯¯t an kechell,
                                
                                  & siþþenn fand ȝho mele inoh
                                  Line 8675 
                                
                                  & elesæw to fode,
                                
                                  Anan till þatt te Laferrd Godd
                                
                                  Gaff reȝȝn inoh onn eorþe;
                                
                                  Aȝȝ summ ȝho mare & mare toc
                                
                                  Aȝȝ wex itt mare & mare.
                                  Line 8680 
                                
                                  & swa bilammp þatt widdwe þa
                                
                                  Þurrh Helyasess bene;
                                
                                  Forr he wass haliȝ mann & god,
                                
                                  & Drihhtin swiþe cweme,
                                
                                  & ȝho wass hi˘re sellf full wiss
                                  Line 8685 
                                
                                  God widdwe, & Drihhtin cweme,

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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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