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

                                
                                  Gaþ till, & rihhteþþ swiþe wel
                                
                                  Drihhtiness narrwe stiȝhess;
                                
                                  Nu ske¯¯t shall illc an dăle beon
                                
                                  All heȝhedd upp & filledd,
                                
                                  & illc an lawe & illc an hill
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                                  Shall niþþredd beon & laȝhedd;
                                
                                  & all þatt ohht iss wrang & crumb
                                
                                  Shall effnedd beon & rihhtedd.
                                
                                  & whærse iss all unnsmeþe ge¯¯t
                                
                                  Þurrh bannkess & þurrh græfess,
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                                  & sharrp, & ruhh, & gatelæs
                                
                                  Þurrh þorrness & þurrh breress,
                                
                                  Þær shulenn beon ridinngess nu,
                                
                                  & effne & smeþe weȝȝess.
                                
                                   [col 228] & all mannkinn shall seon full ske¯¯t
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                                  Crist, Godess Sune, onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Hælennde, & hellpe, & god upphald
                                
                                  Till þa þatt he shall chesenn.
                                
                                  Þuss toc Johan, Cristess derrlinng,
                                
                                  To spellenn i þe wesste,
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                                  Forr he wass haliȝ mann & god,
                                
                                  & Drihhtin swiþe cweme.
                                
                                  Hiss claþ wass off ollfenntess hær,
                                
                                  Hiss mĕte wass gresshoppe,
                                
                                  & itt wass huniȝ off þe feld,
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                                  Giff þatt he mihhte itt findenn;
                                
                                  Hiss drinnch wass waterr aȝȝ occ aȝȝ
                                
                                  Swillc allse he fand i wesste;

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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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