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

                                
                                  Swa þatt teȝȝ mihhtenn seon þe bett
                                
                                  Þe sunness brihhte leome,
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                                  Off Cristess heofennlike mahht,
                                
                                  Off Cristess Goddcunndnesse,
                                
                                  Off Cristess laress brihhte leom,
                                
                                  Off Cristess hallȝhe bisne.
                                
                                  & forr þatt Sannt Johan wass sennd,
                                  Line 9435 
                                
                                  Swa summ icc habbe shæwedd,
                                
                                  To spellenn off þe Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Þatt shollde cumenn newenn,
                                
                                  To chesenn off Judisskenn follc
                                
                                  & off hæþene þeode
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                                  An follc to tăkenn Crisstenndom,
                                
                                  To lefenn uppo Criste,
                                
                                  Forrþi wass writenn witerrliȝ
                                
                                  & seȝȝd þurrh Goddspellwrihhte,
                                
                                  Wha wass þatt time Kaserrking
                                  Line 9445 
                                
                                  I Romess ki˘neriche,
                                
                                  & whillke wærenn allderrmenn
                                
                                  Amang Judisskenn þeode,
                                
                                  Þatt time þatt Johan bigann
                                
                                  To spellenn & to fullhtnenn.
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                                  & forrþi þatt hæþene þeod
                                
                                  Þa shollde wurrþenn newenn
                                
                                  Sammnedd togeddre i Crisstenndom,
                                
                                  To lefenn uppo Criste,
                                
                                  To wurrþenn Cristess kinedom
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                                  An follc off alle þeode,
                                
                                  Forrþi wass an hæþene king
                                
                                  & an hæþene riche,

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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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