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

                                  
                                    U¯¯t off Judisskenn follkess land
                                    Line 8745 
                                  
                                    Þatt he wass borenn inne,
                                  
                                    & barr himm inntill hæþenn land,
                                  
                                    Inntill hæþene Egippte,
                                  
                                    & siþþenn barr himm efft onnȝæn
                                  
                                    Inntill hiss aȝhenn birde,
                                    Line 8750 
                                  
                                    Inntill Judisskenn follkess land,
                                  
                                    Swa summ icc habbe shæwedd;·

                                  
                                    Þatt Jesu Crist wass seofenn ȝer
                                  
                                    Tosamenn inn Egippte,
                                  
                                    Þatt uss bitacneþþ mikell þing
                                    Line 8755 
                                  
                                    Þatt uss maȝȝ alle frofrenn.
                                  
                                    Itt tacneþþ þatt he frofreþþ her,
                                  
                                    Þurrh Haliȝ Gastess frofre,
                                  
                                    Þatt hallȝhe flocc þatt turrnedd wass
                                  
                                    U¯¯t off hæþene þeode
                                    Line 8760 
                                  
                                    Till Crisstenndom, & lufeþþ Crist,
                                  
                                    & hise laȝhess haldeþþ,
                                  
                                    & tatt he wile ȝifenn hemm
                                  
                                    A butenn ende blisse.
                                  
                                    Þatt Crist sellf frofreþþ here hiss hird
                                    Line 8765 
                                  
                                    Þurrh Haliȝ Gastess frofre,
                                  
                                    & shall hemm ȝifenn eche lif
                                  
                                    Att heore lifess ende,
                                  
                                    Þiss twinne seollþe tacnedd wass
                                  
                                    Þurrh Jesu Crist himm sellfenn,
                                    Line 8770 
                                  
                                    Þurrh þatt tatt he wass seofenn ȝer
                                  
                                    Tosamenn inn Egippte.

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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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