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

                                
                                  Twa tuness wærenn i þatt land,
                                
                                  Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
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                                  & eȝȝþerr off þa tweȝȝenn wass
                                
                                  Beþania ȝehatenn.
                                
                                  Þatt an wass o ȝonnd hallf þe flumm
                                
                                  & o þiss hallf þatt oþerr,
                                
                                  & þurrh þe name off eȝȝþerr tun
                                  Line 10590 
                                
                                  Iss herrsummnesse tacnedd.
                                
                                  & þurrh þe flumm iss opennliȝ
                                
                                  Cristess fulluhht bitacnedd,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt Crist wass fullhtnedd tær
                                
                                  Þurrh Sannt Johan Baptisste.
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                                  & alle þa þatt heldenn rihht
                                
                                  Till Drihhtin herrsummnesse
                                
                                  Biforenn þatt te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Wass fullhtnedd here onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ alle samenn wærenn uss,
                                  Line 10600 
                                
                                  Þatt seȝȝþ þe boc, bitacnedd
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt Beþania þatt wass
                                
                                  Biȝonndenn flumm i wesste.
                                
                                  & alle þa þatt haldenn rihht
                                
                                  Till Drihhtin herrsummnesse
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                                  Nu siþþenn þatt te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Wass fullhtnedd her onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ alle samenn sinndenn uss
                                
                                  I Crisstenndom bitacnedd
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt Beþania þatt wass
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                                  O þiss hallf neh þe temmple.
                                
                                  O ȝonnd hallf flod wass Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Bapptisste forr to fullhtnenn,

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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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