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

                                
                                  Till kariteþess hallȝhe mahht
                                
                                  To wirrkenn allmess werrkess,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wisste swiþe wel
                                
                                  Þatt kariteþess mahhte
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                                  Iss mikell all unnseȝȝȝenndliȝ
                                
                                  & mast off alle mahhtess,
                                
                                  Forr allmess dedess hafenn mahht
                                
                                  To sleckenn þine sinness,
                                
                                  All swa summ waterr hafeþþ mahht
                                  Line 10125 
                                
                                  To sleckenn fir & cwennkenn.
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt tatt he ȝifenn badd
                                
                                  Þatt an off tweȝȝenn kirrtless,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he dide þe full wel
                                
                                  To seon & tunnderrstanndenn,
                                  Line 10130 
                                
                                  Þatt te birrþ hellpenn iwhillc mann
                                
                                  Þatt ned iss to þin hellpe
                                
                                  Wiþþ all þatt tu mihht spelenn wel
                                
                                  & libbenn þær wiþþutenn,
                                
                                  Off all þatt weorelldþing þatt te
                                  Line 10135 
                                
                                  Þin Drihhtin hafeþþ lenedd.
                                
                                  & off þiss kirrtell mahht tu ȝe¯¯t
                                
                                  Deoplikerr unnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Þatt te birrþ forr þe lufe off Godd
                                
                                  Wiþþ usell wrecche dælenn
                                  Line 10140 
                                
                                  Þatt illke þing þatt tu full wel
                                
                                  Ne mihht te sellf nohht þarrnenn,
                                
                                  All swa summ þu ne mihht nohht wel
                                
                                  Beon all wiþþutenn kirrtell,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt itt iss neh þe lich
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                                  & haldeþþ warrm þe mare.

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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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