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

                                
                                  & brinngenn all þatt hallȝhe flocc
                                
                                  Þatt wel himm hafeþþ cwemedd
                                
                                  Upp inntill heoffne, & ȝifenn hemm
                                  Line 10500 
                                
                                  A butenn ende blisse,
                                
                                  & werrpenn all þatt laþe flocc
                                
                                  Þatt deoffless hafeþþ follȝhedd
                                
                                  Inntill þe fír off hellepitt,
                                
                                  All affterr þeȝȝre wrihhte,
                                  Line 10505 
                                
                                  To beon wiþþutenn ende þær,
                                
                                  To bærnenn & to wallenn,
                                
                                  Wiþþ deofless dun inn hellegrund
                                
                                  Forr þeȝȝre fule si˘ness.
                                
                                  & tiss mann unnderrstanndenn maȝȝ
                                  Line 10510 
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t onn an oþerr wise,
                                
                                  Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
                                
                                  Winndweþþ hiss corn & clennseþþ,
                                
                                  & shædeþþ aȝȝ þe chaff þær fra
                                
                                  Whil þatt tiss weorelld lassteþþ,
                                  Line 10515 
                                
                                  I þa þatt hafenn name off Crist
                                
                                  & uppo Criste lefenn,
                                
                                  & offte i þa þatt lifenn her,
                                
                                  & offte i þa þatt swelltenn.
                                
                                  I þa þatt lifenn winndweþþ Crist
                                  Line 10520 
                                
                                  & clennseþþ hére hiss whæte,
                                
                                  Aȝȝ whannse preostess mannsenn her
                                
                                  & shædenn þa fra Criste
                                
                                  Þatt opennlike onnȝæness Crist
                                
                                  All þeȝȝre þannkess wiþþrenn.
                                  Line 10525 
                                
                                  I þa þatt swelltenn winndweþþ Crist
                                
                                  & clennseþþ hére hiss whæte,

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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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