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

                                
                                  To findenn hemm þatt hemm iss ned
                                
                                  Aȝȝ affterr ure mahhte;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þatt tu forrwerrpesst her
                                  Line 9075 
                                
                                  Þin faderr & tin moderr,
                                
                                  Þu best forrworrpenn att te dom,
                                
                                  Butt iff þut¯¯ muȝhe betenn.
                                
                                  Off þatt tatt Sannte Marȝe toc
                                
                                  All þatt ȝho sahh & herrde
                                  Line 9080 
                                
                                  Off hire sune Jesu Crist
                                
                                  & off hiss Goddcunndnesse,
                                
                                  & leȝȝde itt all tosamenn aȝȝ,
                                
                                  To þennkenn þær abutenn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt ȝho wisste mare off himm
                                  Line 9085 
                                
                                  Þann aniȝ mann o life,
                                
                                  Off þatt icc habbe shæwedd her
                                
                                  Biforenn o þiss lare,
                                
                                  Þær þær þe Goddspellwrihhte seȝȝþ
                                
                                  Onn hiss Goddspelless lare
                                  Line 9090 
                                
                                  Þatt hirdess fundenn Jesu Crist
                                
                                  I Beþþleæmess chesstre,
                                
                                  Uppo þatt illke nahht tatt he
                                
                                  Wass borenn her to manne;
                                
                                  Forr þære uss seȝȝþ þe Goddspellboc,
                                  Line 9095 
                                
                                  & wel uss birrþ itt trowwenn,
                                
                                  Þatt ure laffdiȝ Marȝe toc
                                
                                  All þatt ȝho sahh & herrde
                                
                                  Off hire sune Jesu Crist,
                                
                                  & off þa miccle tacness
                                  Line 9100 
                                
                                  Þatt comenn i þiss middellærd,
                                
                                  Son summ he comm to manne;

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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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