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

                                
                                  Þatt wass alls iff he seȝȝde þuss
                                
                                  Wiþþ all full openn spæche,
                                  Line 10355 
                                
                                  I fullhtne menn biforenn to
                                
                                  Nohht bu¯¯tt i waterr ane,
                                
                                  Forr min fulluhht ne maȝȝ hemm nohht
                                
                                  Clennsenn off þeȝȝre sinness,
                                
                                  Acc wel itt maȝȝ hemm brinngenn onn
                                  Line 10360 
                                
                                  To rihhtenn þeȝȝre dede,
                                
                                  To ȝarrkenn hemm onnȝæness Crist
                                
                                  Þatt nu shall cumenn newenn,
                                
                                  To fullhtnenn hemm þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  To clennsenn hemm off sinness.
                                  Line 10365 
                                
                                  & tatt tatt Cristess þeww Johan
                                
                                  Þær seȝȝde to þatt genge,
                                
                                  To þa Judisskenn sanderrmenn,
                                
                                  Þatt tær wass hemm bitwenenn
                                
                                  An swillc, whamm þeȝȝ ne cnewenn nohht,
                                  Line 10370 
                                
                                  Þatt shollde himm newenn awwnenn,
                                
                                  To fullhtnenn follc þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  To clennsenn hemm off sinness,
                                
                                  Þatt seȝȝde he wiss off Jesu Crist
                                
                                  Þatt stod tær hemm bitwenenn;
                                  Line 10375 
                                
                                  Forr he comm offte till Johan
                                
                                  œr þann he fullhtnedd wære,
                                
                                  & Sannt Johan cnew himm full wel,
                                
                                  & tatt iss wel to trowwenn;
                                
                                  Forr wel biforr þatt Sannt Johan
                                  Line 10380 
                                
                                  Wass borenn off hiss moderr,
                                
                                  Cnew he full wel þe Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  I Sannte Marȝess wambe.

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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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