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

                                
                                  Þeȝȝ seggenn alls itt wære soþ,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt teȝȝ itt trowwenn,
                                
                                  Þatt affterr þatt te mann iss dæd
                                
                                  Ne shall he næfre libbenn;
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                                  & tatt iss mikell hæþenndom
                                
                                  To lefenn & to trowwenn,
                                
                                  Forr all mannkinn o Domess daȝȝ
                                
                                  Shall risenn upp off dæþe,
                                
                                  To tăkenn all swillc læn att Godd
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                                  Alls illc an hafeþþ addledd;
                                
                                  Forr he þatt hafeþþ addledd god
                                
                                  Shall takenn heoffness blisse,
                                
                                  & he shall takenn hellewa
                                
                                  Þatt ifell hafeþþ addledd.
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                                  & teȝȝre lif iss Drihhtin laþ,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt iss unnclene.
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ ledenn hemm swa dærneliȝ
                                
                                  Biforenn menness ehne,
                                
                                  Þatt mann hemm hallt forr gode menn,
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                                  Forr rihhtwise & clene,
                                
                                  & sinndenn þohh biforenn Godd
                                
                                  Unngode & unnrihhtwise,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt teȝȝ, forr idell ȝellp
                                
                                  & all forr menness spæche,
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                                  Shæwenn biforenn oþre menn
                                
                                  Clænnesse & rihhtwisnesse,
                                
                                  & sinndenn þohh swa þehh i þohht,
                                
                                  & ec i dærne dedess,
                                
                                  Biforenn Drihhtin fule menn
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                                  Þurrh fĕle kinness sinness.

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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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